India, Oct. 4 -- The Delhi Police has busted a counterfeit currency preparation unit allegedly being run from a rented room in Patel Nagar by a group that learnt the techniques through online videos and combined printing, die-cutting and graphic-designing skills to make fake notes. Four men have been arrested in connection with the racket, and counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 18.23 lakh, including finished and semi-finished notes, has been recovered, police said.

The accused allegedly operated the unit from a rented room in Baljeet Nagar, where police recovered printing and processing equipment, a laptop and a hard disk containing software and data related to the preparation of counterfeit notes, they said.

The case came to ...