A man and a woman have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district for alleged involvement in a fake currency racket linked to Pakistan, police said on Monday.
Acting on a tip off by the Intelligence Bureau, the police raided a hideout in Tajpur village and nabbed the two Sunday night with counterfeit currency totalling over Rs 11 lakh (Rs 1.1 million).
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"The two are from Uttar Pradesh and used to bring fake currency into the state with the help of associates in Nepal," Superintendent of Police (city) Jitendra Sahi told IANS.
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