Mehdipatnam police arrested eight suspects in a fake currency racket, seizing Rs 4.75 lakh, vehicles, and phones. Prime suspect Ramesh printed Rs 500 notes, circulated via Instagram. Police traced the network through Altamash’s confession, leading to all arrests

Hyderabad: The Mehdipatnam police on Thursday arrested eight persons who were allegedly preparing and circulating fake Indian currency notes. Counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 4.75 lakh was seized along with a car, three motorcycles and nine mobile phones.

The arrested are Kasthuri Ramesh (35), Abdul Waheed (21), Mohd Abdul Khadeer (21), Mohd Sohail (21), Mohd Fahad (23), Shaik Imran (23), Omer Khan (23) and Syed Altamash Ahmed (21).

According to G Chandra Mohan, DCP (south west), prime suspect Ramesh, was preparing

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