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Rudrapur: Udham Singh Nagar Police on Monday arrested three members of an inter-state gang with 47 counterfeit notes of Rs 2000 denomination from a wine shop in Jaspur late on Sunday.Police said that such was the expertise with which the notes had been prepared that it was difficult to distinguish the fake notes from the authentic ones. “He added that while he and Manish used to sell the currencies on 40-60% commission, Sahni worked as the middleman for the gang. The three accused have been booked under section 489(b) of the Indian Penal Code.”Police said that further interrogation is on to establish their across border links. On a tip off that the gang was trying to make purchases from the wine shop, police made the arrests.Kashipur ASP Jagdish Chandra said that on interrogation, Vikram told police that they got the counterfeit currencies from West Bengal and Bihar. The accused are believed to have international links and the counterfeits are suspected to have originated in Bangladesh.The accused have been identified as Vikram Rai, a resident of Himmatpur Hempur colony in Kashipur, Sikander Sahni of South Talwa Betiya in Bihar and Manish Vidyasagar, a resident of Sitapur in UP..