Three persons arrested, Rs 4.39 lakh fake currency seized

Rajkot, Sep 13 (UNI) The city police arrested three persons and seized Rs 4.39 lakh counterfeit notes from their possession.

Acting on a tip off a police team led by Inspector Mahavirsinh Sarvaiya arrested one Bhavesh Patel (25) who was moving in a suspicious manner at Swaminarian Chowk area here last night and seized fake currency of Rs 49,000 (98 notes of Rs 500 denomination) from him.

Mr Sarvaiya told UNI that further interrogation of the accused revealed had received fake currency from one Jaga Bharvad. Later, the team arrested Jaga Bharvad from Thabasana village of the district and recovered fake currency of Rs one lakh of Rs 500 denomination from his possession, he added.

Interrogation of Jaga led to one more arrest from the city. The third accused -- Vallabh Arjan, resident of Kherana village was arrested from his relative's house here. Rs 2,90,000 fake currency of Rs 500 denomination was also recovered from his possession, Mr Sarvaiya said.

Further investigations are on, he added.

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