Two held with 384 fake currency notes near Ambaji

Palanpur: Two persons were arrested with fake currency notes having facevalue of Rs 7.86lakh by the Banaskantha special operations group (SOG) from near temple town Ambaji late Friday night.
The accused were identified as Hamir Patel, resident of Kuvata village in Deodar taluka and Ramabhai Patel of Chuva village in Vav Taluka. They were found in possession of 384 fake notes of Rs 2,000 denomination. According to police, the duo and the SUV in which they were travelling have been seized. “We got a tip-off about the fake currency so we had kept a watch near Chadotar village near Palanpur. As the accused approached in their vehicles, we intercepted then and recovered the fake currency,” said police inspector J B Agrwat of SOG.