Police busted a fake currency note racket in Sambalpur town on Sunday and arrested six persons who were allegedly operating it. Fake currency notes having face value of Rs 13.85 lakh, a printer, ink, markers and stamps which were used to print the currency were seized from the possession of the accused, said the Sambalpur SP. The counterfeit notes were in denominations of Rs 2000, Rs 500, Rs 200 and Rs 100.
On the basis of a complaint lodged by one Shankar Singh of Sambalpur regarding circulation of Rs 100 fake notes by unidentified persons, a police team conducted searches at various places in the town and arrested the accused. Efforts were on by the cops to ascertain the involvement of others in the offence and nab them. Notably, police had seized fake notes with a face value of a whopping Rs 7.9 crore from a car in Koraput district on March 2, 2021.