LUCKNOW, June 28 -- The UP Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), on Friday, arrested a counterfeit currency smuggling gang from west UP's Hapur district. The mastermind, Gajendra Yadav, and his associates, Siddharth Jha and Vijay Veer Chowdhary, were apprehended with fake currency to the face value of Rs 3.9 lakh, stated officials in a release. After a tip-off, the Anti-Terrorist Squad conducted a raid at a Dinesh Nagar locality on Farid Nagar road, leading to the arrests and seizure of counterfeit currency. Officials also recovered material used for printing counterfeit notes, including watermark paper, computers, and other things. Officials said the fake Indian currency notes (FICN) were in denominations of Rs 500, Rs 200, and Rs 100. They said the recovered FICN included as many as 400 notes of 500 denomination, 800 notes of 200 denomination, and 300 notes of 100 denomination. A senior Anti-Terrorist Squad official informed that Gajendra Yadav and his associate, Siddharth Jha, were involved in printing fake Indian currency notes using special paper purchased from Vijay Veer Chaudhary, who procured it online. He said they used laptops, printers, and other printing equipment to produce the counterfeit notes. "Gajendra Yadav would then supply these notes to various districts in Uttar Pradesh through his associates. The gang would use social media to find buyers and make contact with them to supply the counterfeit currency. The mentioned buyers are currently being tracked," he added....