Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 5 lakh from the city's Maidan area and arrested two persons in this connection. The counterfeit notes were in the denomination of Rs 2,000, a senior police officer said on Monday.

"Based on a tip-off, the Special Task Force of Kolkata Police arrested Sanju Saha and Mohammed Umar from the intersection of the city's Gosto Paul Sarani and Leslie Claudius Sarani in Maidan police station area.