The Deccan Gymkhana of Pune officials with the bag of defunct notes

Pune: A 70-year-old real estate agent and a shoe store owner were detained last night with defunct currency notes worth R1 crore. The Deccan Gymkhana police laid a trap for Geeta Shah, a 70-year-old resident of Yerawada, and Chhagan Chavan, 50, a shoe store owner of Ganesh Peth, after receiving a tip-off that the two were planning to get the invalid notes exchanged at Shivaji Nagar.