By IANS
Bhubaneswar : At least five people suspected of circulating fake currency notes have been arrested in Orissa, police sources said Monday.
Police have seized fake currency notes worth near about Rs.300,000 of different denominations from them, a senior district police official told IANS.
He said the scandal was busted Sunday evening after one of the accused paid fake notes when he bought clothes from a store at Bhabanipatna, district headquarters of Kalahandi, about 600 km from here.
The shop owner informed the police and raids were conducted at various places to nab the shopper, who was later arrested along with four of his associates.
The arrested have claimed that they were from neighbouring West Bengal. They were circulating fake notes in the region for the past few days, the official said.