Three people were arrested here on Saturday for allegedly printing and circulating counterfeit currency notes, police said.


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Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 42,000 were recovered from the accused, they said.


"We have arrested Sachin, Akhilesh and Vivek Maurya for printing FICN at a warehouse in Kotwali police station area," Superintendent of Police S Anand said.


"We have also seized raw material, ink and printer used in the printing of FICN from the workshop of the accused," he said.


FICN with a face value of Rs 42,000 were recovered from them, he added.


The accused printed FICN of smaller denominations and used them in rural areas of the district, according to police.