The Nayagrah Town police on Saturday arrested two non-Odia persons and seized fake currency notes of Rs 41,000.
The police seized 82 counterfeit notes of having denomination of Rs 500 and arrested Riku Seth and Jalim Kan hailing from West Bengal.
According to Nayagrah SP Monoranjan Mohanty, the accused had reached Nayagarh town on Friday evening after getting off from train at Cuttack.
“The two accused persons arrived from West Bengal via Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. They went to a shop and asked for change. Suspecting their attitude, the shopkeeper and locals inquired about their whereabouts and then informed police,” said Mohanty.
“During interrogation, the accused admitted that another person is there in Mursidabad in West Bengal who is controlling the fake currency racket,” added Mohanty.
He said investigation is on to get to the roots of the racket.