Hyderabad: Police in Kamareddy district of Telangana busted a fake currency racket and arrested eight persons of a 12-member inter-state gang, officials said on Saturday.

Superintendent of Police M Rajesh Chandra formed special teams and the accused were nabbed in different states, including Bihar and West Bengal.

The probe began after cashier of a liquor shop at Kamareddy complained to police on September 24 stating that Rs 500 notes given by a customer appear to be counterfeit, a police release said.

Police traced the said customer and found that he, in a bid to earn easy money, allegedly got in touch with a person from West Bengal who was involved in fake currency racket.

Police teams reached the West Bengal man and chased the trail of counterfeit currency notes racket leading to t

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