The Visakhapatnam police have busted a group involved in cheating people by pledging fake gold and currency in Visakhapatnam, with the arrest of five people in connection with the fraud, officials said on Friday, reported news agency ANI.

The accused who have been arrested were identified as Gorla Hemachandra Rao (34), Kunnuku Hemanthkumar (29), M Subbareddy (28), Danala Srinivas (34) and Janna Sunil (27), all the residents of Vizianagaram, Assistant Commissioner of Police of Pothinamallayya Palem Sunil said. According to the police officials, they also apprehended one more person, namely Somesh, reported ANI.