5 Mohali residents held in Parwanoo

Tribune News Service

Solan, July 26

The police arrested five residents of Banur village in Mohali (Punjab) near Parwanoo last night after they gave counterfeit currency notes to a salesman at a petrol station after getting fuel filled in their vehicle.

According to the complaint lodged by the salesman with the police, five people were travelling in a Hyndai Accent car (CH-03K-4066) and they stopped at Chandel Filling Station for refilling around 7.30 pm yesterday. They gave the salesman currency notes of Rs 500 in payment but he found two of the notes to be counterfeit, as they had the same number.

The salesman tried to stop the vehicle but the driver sped away towards Pinjore. The police, however, stopped the vehicle near Timber Trail Resort on the bypass.

Those arrested have been identified as Gurmeet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Amanpreet Singh and Pradeep, all residents of Banur village in Mohali. A case under Sections 489 B, 489 C and 34 of the IPC has been registered against them, said Yogesh Rolta, DSP, Parwanoo.