Beggar monk caught with more than Dh20,000

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Published Monday, March 25, 2013

By Correspondent

COLOMBO: Residents of Malsiripura area in Kurunegala in North Western province caught a monk collecting money for charity fraudulently.

According to a ‘Sri Lanka Mirror’ report, the monk has Rs7,00,000 [Dh 20272.5] in his bank account and he also guilty of printing fake currency notes.

He has served a four-year jail term earlier in another case, the paper added.

The suspect has been detained.

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