<p>Surat: Two persons were arrested in Gujarat's Surat city with "high quality" Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 9,000, allegedly supplied from Bangladesh, police said Monday.</p>.<p>One of the arrested accused, Suresh Lathidadiya, is booked in three cases related to FICN, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating, they said.</p>.<p>Lathidadiya bought FICN with a face value of Rs 6 lakh from a wanted accused from West Bengal for Rs 2 lakh, and the latter had procured the notes from Bangladesh, the Surat Special Operations Group (SOG) said in a statement.</p>.<p>Acting on a tip-off, SOG officials raided an apartment in the Puna locality of the city and arrested Vijay Chauhan (27) and Suresh Lathidadiya (55), both involved in a catering business, they said.</p>.<p>The duo had 18 units of fake notes of Rs 500 denomination, having a face value of Rs 9,000, in their possession, it said.</p>.<p>The accused would exchange FICN with genuine notes at vegetable and paan shops.</p>.<p>"The accused claimed they bought FICN with Rs 6 lakh face value from Tahir Sheikh, a resident of Malda in West Bengal, for Rs 2 lakh," the SOG said.</p>.<p>Sheikh, a wanted accused in the case, had procured the fake notes from Bangladesh, they said.</p>.<p>Besides fake currency, the police recovered a detector machine and a few mobile phones, as well as Rs 1.03 lakh cash that the accused collected by exchanging counterfeit notes, the SOG said. </p>
<p>Surat: Two persons were arrested in Gujarat's Surat city with "high quality" Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 9,000, allegedly supplied from Bangladesh, police said Monday.</p>.<p>One of the arrested accused, Suresh Lathidadiya, is booked in three cases related to FICN, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating, they said.</p>.<p>Lathidadiya bought FICN with a face value of Rs 6 lakh from a wanted accused from West Bengal for Rs 2 lakh, and the latter had procured the notes from Bangladesh, the Surat Special Operations Group (SOG) said in a statement.</p>.<p>Acting on a tip-off, SOG officials raided an apartment in the Puna locality of the city and arrested Vijay Chauhan (27) and Suresh Lathidadiya (55), both involved in a catering business, they said.</p>.<p>The duo had 18 units of fake notes of Rs 500 denomination, having a face value of Rs 9,000, in their possession, it said.</p>.<p>The accused would exchange FICN with genuine notes at vegetable and paan shops.</p>.<p>"The accused claimed they bought FICN with Rs 6 lakh face value from Tahir Sheikh, a resident of Malda in West Bengal, for Rs 2 lakh," the SOG said.</p>.<p>Sheikh, a wanted accused in the case, had procured the fake notes from Bangladesh, they said.</p>.<p>Besides fake currency, the police recovered a detector machine and a few mobile phones, as well as Rs 1.03 lakh cash that the accused collected by exchanging counterfeit notes, the SOG said. </p>