THANE: An armed fight between two men has taken a curious turn with the police busting a fake currency manufacturing den in Diva. Ashish Sharma (30), a Kanpur resident, who had rented the flat in Thane was arrested for allegedly firing a round at his landlord, Sanjiv Kumar Gupta, on Thursday evening. The two got into an argument over the "poor maintenance" of the flat.The police have now filed a fresh case against Sharma who allegedly printed counterfeit currency notes. The police said that they found a bag with a stash of counterfeit notes of different denominations. A police officer said that they have found a total of 724 notes, of denominations of Rs 2,000, Rs 500, Rs 200 besides others, said deputy commissioner of police D S Swamy . The police also seized scanners and other printing paraphernalia.The discovery of the notes manufacturing hub came quite unexpectedly. On Thursday evening, Sharma had gone to meet his tenant, Gupta, at the flat at Anil Apartments in Diva (east). Sharma and Gupta had an angry exchange of words when Gupta brandished a country-made pistol and fired one round at Gupta.Gupta rushed out of the flat and bolted the door from outside while Sharma was left inside. Gupta called up called up the police who arrested Sharma and seized the fire arm and 15 rounds. At that time, he had been booked under the Arms Act. Now, the police have also charged him under sections of the Indian Penal Code A search of the flat yielded a scanner, a printer a glitter lens used to emboss watermarks like those in genuine notes, besides scissors and cutters, said the officer.

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