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Five arrested over counterfeit ₹100 notes in Vellore area
Police arrested three more people for circulating counterfeit ₹100 notes in the Vellore area of Tamil Nadu.
The three are a bank staffer from Vellore, a farmer from Ranipet and a salon owner from Walajah.
Two men had been arrested earlier, including a lorry driver who allegedly used a fake note at a shop near Gudiyatham.
Police say he told them he got the note from another suspect.
Officers recovered counterfeit notes worth ₹8,700 from the suspects.
The arrests followed information given by those already held about where other suspected gang members were staying.
Police are continuing the investigation.
K.V. Kuppam police arrested five people over circulating counterfeit ₹100 notes in the Vellore area.
Three people, including a bank staffer, were arrested on Tuesday, after two other suspects had been arrested earlier.
Police recovered counterfeit currency totalling up to ₹8,700.
The case began after a Tasmac outlet salesman alerted police to a counterfeit note given to him by a lorry driver.
Police said their investigation is under way.
- Who
- Five people, including a bank staffer, a farmer, a salon owner and a lorry driver, were arrested.
- What
- They were arrested over circulating counterfeit ₹100 notes.
- When
- Three arrests were made on Tuesday; the other two had been made earlier. The lorry driver used a counterfeit note last week.
- Where
- K.V. Kuppam police investigated the case in the Vellore area, including an incident at a Tasmac outlet in Nakkal village near Gudiyatham.
- Why
- Police said the group was circulating counterfeit currency.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A lorry driver gave counterfeit ₹100 notes to a salesman at a Tasmac outlet in Nakkal village near Gudiyatham.
Police arrested K. Mohanraj and M. Murugan.
Police arrested three more people, including a bank staffer.
- Arrests
- Five people
- Additional arrests
- Three, including a bank staffer
- Counterfeit currency denomination
- ₹100
- Currency recovered
- Up to ₹8,700
- First reported incident
- Tasmac outlet in Nakkal village near Gudiyatham
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