Two persons, including a woman, were today arrested and fake currency of face value Rs one lakh recovered from their possession here, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Salma, a resident of Naini township situated on the outskirts of the city, and
Ghanshyam Sonkar from Khusro Bagh, a historical tourist spot situated in Khuldabad police station area.
While fake notes, in the denomination of Rs 500, adding up to Rs 90,000 were recovered from Salma, another Rs 10,000
counterfeit currency were seized from the possession of Sonkar, police said.
The woman’s husband had been involved in fake currency racket and was currently lodged in Naini Central Jail, they
said.
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