Two more held in Balasore fake currency case

Balasore: Continuing its crackdown against circulation of counterfeit currency notes, the Balasore police on Thursday night arrested two more persons and seized three fake notes from their possession.

The two accused identified as Hasim Ali and Md Farhad Khan, who were arrested from Jaleswar and Soro respectively, are being interrogated by the police for further leads.

“Following a tip off, we conducted raids at several places in the district and seized three fake notes of Rs 2000 denomination. A total of Rs 1.54 lakh have been seized and seven persons have been arrested in the case so far,” informed IIC of Simulia police station Sanjay Kumar Parida. Police sources informed that the ongoing racket might have links in Kolkata.

On April 15, five persons of the same racket were arrested and counterfeit notes worth Rs 1.48 lakh were seized. Earlier on April 10, one Bishnu Nayak was nabbed by the cops while trying to deposit fake notes amounting to Rs 44,000. Nayak, during interrogation revealed vital information following which police started the crackdown.