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The Kruthivennu constabulary unearthed a counterfeit currency enactment racket and arrested 4 persons, allegedly progressive successful the crime. They seized fake currency notes with a look worth of astir ₹6 lakh, ₹6,000 successful archetypal currency notes and the physics instrumentality utilized for printing the fake notes.
Speaking to the media present connected Wednesday (February 4), Superintendent of Police V. Viayasagar Naidu said the accused were identified arsenic T. Ranjith Kumar of Narsipatnam, B. Uma Shankar of Srikakulam, A. Dileep and P. Rajasekhar, natives of Seetanapalli village, Krishna district. They were arrested by a squad led by Kruthivennu Circle Inspector Nagendra Prasad.
The accused printed the counterfeit notes successful Visakhapatnam territory and were circulating them successful antithetic places successful the State, the SP said.
“The main accused, Ranjith Kumar, was wanted successful 1 ganja smuggling lawsuit and 4 counterfeit currency cases,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police, Machilipatnam, Ch. Raja, who heads peculiar teams constituted to crackdown connected counterfeit currency.
