A man and his wife were arrested here on Sunday with fake currency notes with face value of Rs 5 crore, police said. The couple also, allegedly, offered to help companies get income tax benefits by accepting sham donations under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scheme.

"Acting on a specific tip-off, Nikhil Kumar Singh (29) and his wife Poonam Agrawal (30) were arrested by a special team of Raipur Crime Branch and local police for allegedly being involved in printing and possessing counterfeit currency notes," Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police Praful Kumar Thakur told PTI. Fake notes in denomination of Rs 2,000, a printer, laptop and a paper cutting machine were recovered from their flat in Rajendra Nagar area here, he said.