On January 12, five members of a gang were arrested along with fake Indian currency notes (FICN) worth INR 81,000 from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, reports Hindustan Times. The five accused identified as Salman alias Aftab, Md Mubbasir, Md Arbaaz, Shavez Khan, and Rahul Saroj were involved in production, sale and circulation of FICN. The gang revealed during questioning that they had FICN with face value of ₹60,000 in exchange of original currency notes worth ₹10,000. Reams of high-quality paper, ink printer, cutters and printed fake currencies were recovered from the five arrested.