Indore, April 15 -- Indore Crime Branch has busted a counterfeit currency printing gang and arrested five accused, three from Indore and two from Bhopal, an official said on Tuesday.

The crime branch team also recovered counterfeit notes of Rs 500 denomination with the face value of Rs 4.35 lakh and various accessories, including printers, butter paper, cutting machines, lamination rolls, and laptop and mobile phones from their procession, he added.

Among the accused, three accused were arrested from a hotel room in Indore, who are residents of Chhindwara district and two individual, residents of Bhopal, were arrested from the state capital.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP, Crime Branch), Rajesh Kumar Tripathi, said, "Acting on a ti...