India, May 25 -- Three men, suspected to be apart of an interstate gold counterfeiting network, were arrested on Sunday from the Hangoon area in Manipur's Kakching district, police said.

The suspects - Shivaji Gaikwad (39) from Belavade village in Maharashtra, Jalindar Shamrao Jadhav (42) from Mohi village in Maharashtra, and Ramdas Tanaji Khandare (37) from Howrah in West Bengal - allegedly manufactured fake gold bars using impure materials and stamped them with fraudulent trademarks to pass them off as genuine, an officer said.

According to the Manipur police control room, the police have seized a large cache of equipment used in the illegal operation, including a hydraulic machine, a melting machine, 94 graphite crucibles, tongs, car...