The CBI has arrested two persons carrying fake currency having face value of Rs three lakh allegedly being pumped into the country from Indo-Bangla border.
One Mohammed Kashi and his woman accomplice Shalu, both residents of Ramnagar in Western Uttar Pradesh, were nabbed by the CBI team from New Delhi-Farakka express with the fake currency worth Rs three lakh, a CBI spokesperson said here today.
"The seized FICN were in the denomination of Rs 1000. A case was registered U/s 120-B r/w Section 489-B, 489-C of IPC on the allegations of trafficking FICN from Malda area (West Bengal) to Uttar Pradesh," the spokesperson said.