Following a complaint from RBI about fake currency notes received , the Halasurgate Police busted a racket and arrested ten people for their alleged involvement in tampering and selling Rs.2,000 denomination notes withdrawn from circulation.

The arrested have been identified as Mohan K,Srinivas Murthy,Raju,Basavaraj,Munishamappa,Mallikarjun, Ramakrishna,Palli Muralidhar,Ramachandra,and Mubarak.

Senior officer told reporters that the RBI’s Manager filed a complaint on October 17,stating that Rs.2,000 notes already withdrawn from circulation had been tampered with by changing their serial numbers before being deposited at the bank.

Following the complaint,police identified the depositor and arrested him from his residence in Cubbonpet on October 24.

During interrogation, the accused reve

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