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A gang running a currency scam was busted on Sunday by the Special Squad of the Commissionerate Police in Bhubaneswar. Five persons, including a woman, were arrested by the police in this connection.
According to sources, the tricksters were allegedly cheating people by luring them with the promise of doubling their money (with allegedly fake currency).
The gang targeted victims primarily in Bharatpur and Nayapalli localities of the Capital City. Their trick was simple but effective: they claimed that by giving a single Rs 500 note, one could receive Rs 1,000 in return (ten notes of Rs 100 denomination)-an offer too tempting for...