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Maha: Fake currency gang busted in Thane, 6 arrested

Mumbai, May 8 (UNI) Thane police have busted a fake currency racket allegedly operating from the office of a transport company in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district by arresting six people, an official said on Thursday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Amarsingh Jadhav said that police have seized fake Indian currency notes with a face value of more than Rs 45 lakh and arrested six people while the counterfeit notes were being printed at the office of a transport company in Bhiwandi town.
Acting on a tip-off, a Bhiwandi Crime Branch team on May three laid a trap at Avchitpada, and seized fake currency notes of Rs 500 denomination with a face value of Rs 30 lakh from Suraj Tanaji Shende, Bharat Valku Sase and Swapnil Jagdish Patil.
Two days later, Ramdas Shalik Dalvi, Vijay Karnekar alias Vicky and Shekar Ramdas Battin were held and another Rs 15.50 lakh in counterfeit currency were seized from them, the DCP added.
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