Indore, Apr 15 (PTI) Police on Tuesday seized counterfeit currency notes with a face value of more than Rs 4 lakh and arrested five persons from different cities in Madhya Pradesh in this connection, an official said in Indore.
All five were members of a criminal gang involved in printing and circulating fake currency notes in the state, police said.
Talking to reporters, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Rajesh Kumar Tripathi said three of the accused were apprehended from a hotel in Indore’s Anurag Nagar Extension area after cops received a tip-off about their presence.
The trio, Abdul Shoaib alias Chhotu (25), Rahees Khan (32) and Prafull Kumar Kori (19), hailed from Chhindwara district, he said.
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