Fake currency racket: 3 held in J’suguda

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The Rengali police on Sunday busted a fake currency racket in Jharsuguda district and arrested three persons in the connection.

The arrestees were identified as Virat Gupta (51), Dinesh Biswal (24) of Chikhili village in the district and Vinodh Gupta (51) of Chhattisgarh.

The police seized as many as 110 fake notes of Rs 500 denomination, five notes of Rs 2,000 denomination, colour printer, xerox machine and a scanner from their possessions.

Rengali police station IIC GR Mohapatra said they were booked under the Sections 489 A, 489 B and 489 C of IPC. Further investigation is on to find out any persons are involved in the racket, he added. The accused were sent to jail on Monday.

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