A 19 member inter-state gang involved in circulating counterfeit currency notes has been nabbed and 500 fake notes with a face value of Rs 2.04 lakh seized from them, police said.
All those arrested on January 25 are from Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu and were involved in fake currency note cases in Ashok
Nagar, Wilson Garden, S J Park and Sadashivnagar areas, they said.
They were also allegedly involved in looting cash and other valuables including laptops from public in the city and also in Andhra
Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, police said.
Cash, laptops and mobiles, worth Rs seven lakh in total were also seized from the accused.
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