Bolangir (Odisha), Mar 28 (PTI) Odisha Police arrested two persons after fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 1.37 lakh were seized from their possession in Bolangir district, an officer said on Thursday.

The police seized 274 fake currency notes of Rs 500 denomination, a computer, colour printer and other materials used to make fake notes from the duo, the officer said.

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The arrested accused were identified as Barun Panuan and Rohit Bastia. On March 22, they gave two fake Rs 500 notes to the complaint. While conducting a raid on Barun's house, the fake notes have been seized, said Sadananda Pujhari, sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Patnagarh.

A case has been registered against the duo as both are involved in the circulation of fake notes in the market and further investigation is on, the SDPO added.

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