Five arrested, counterfeit currency seized

Five people were arrested and fake currency notes with face value of Rs 1.63 lakh were seized here, police said today.

The arrests were made yesterday by a police team that also seized a printing machine, a car and a motorcycle, SP (City) Ombir Singh said.

During interrogation, the accused said they supplied fake currency notes in western Uttar Pradesh, he said.

The matter is being investigated, Singh said.