Hyderabad, August 30: Andhra Pradesh police today claimed to have busted a counterfeit currency racket with the arrest of seven members of a inter-state gang and seized fake notes with a face value of Rs 19 lakh from their possession.
A police team of west Godavari district nabbed the seven members, including prime accused V Satyanarayana Reddy from Goshpadhaksheatram in Kovvur yesterday, District Superintendent of Police Balakrishna said.
The other accused were identified as Md Ameer Hussian, Mubarak Hussian and A Ameer from Malda District in West Bengal, Kameswara Rao of East Godavari district, Vicky Sharaff and Pawan Sharaff from Patna, he added.
-PTI