Fake notes recovered, six persons held

HUBLI: Gokul road police arrested six persons here on Friday and recovered fake notes worth Rs 1.4 lakh from them. Three pistols along with nine live bullets and one Scorpio vehicle were also seized from them. Hubli-Dharwad police commissioner Ramchandra Rao informed mediapersons on Saturday that the arrested are Vishwanath Karadigudda, 27, resident of Heggeri colony, Prashanth Badiger, 26, resident of Ganesh Nagar, Praveen Angadi, 23, resident of Hemant Nagar, Rakesh Baddi, 27, resident of Sangam colony, Kushal Habib, 30, resident of G-adda and Kallappa Dalvai, 33, resident of Unkal. They were illegally transporting arms and circulating fake notes. On interrogation, the main accused Vishwanath Karadigudda also revealed that the same gang was involved in the murder Praveen Hirehalmath , whose burnt body was found on Revadihal farm on Karwar road recently.Praveen was their partner and the gang killed him over some money matters, the commissioner said. The accused used to bring pistols and other arms from Kolkata and sell them in Hubli.