Mumbai, 04 Feb (HS):- Four people were arrested in

connection with circulating fake currency notes. The police arrested them from

Shirpur town in Dhule district and seized fake currency notes of Rs 500

denominations worth Rs 4.11 lakh.

Shirpur Police Inspector K K Patil said that the

four accused were arrested while moving suspiciously in the Khalche

village in Shirpur Tehsil. Search in their bags detected fake currency notes

worth Rs 4.11 lakh. Those arrested have been identified as Pundalik alias

Samadhan Natha Padmore, Piran Subhash Morey, and Rangmal Ratilal Jadjav. Upon

interrogation, they revealed the name of the fourth individual involved in the

scandal. Police then arrested Gaurav Sukdev Thombre. They were offered 20,000

to 30,000 for circulating fake notes worth Rs 1 lakh. Police are searching for

the mastermind of the racket

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar