AHMEDABAD: Three men who duped a bullion trader of 2.1kg of gold by using prop currency notes with actor Anupam Kher’s photograph to pay for the precious metal have been arrested by the crime branch of the city police. Photo of the prop currency notes used by the conmen to pay for the 2.1kg of gold in Gujarat in September Among the three is 32-year-old Deepak Rajput, who has been described as the mastermind of the con that they allegedly pulled off in Ahmedabad’s Navrangpura on September 24. Police said Rajput is also an accused in a long list of fraud cases including one registered in Ahmedabad’s Vadaj police station that accuses him of duping an individual of 40kg of gold by mixing blank paper with real currency notes. The officer said Rajput used Anupam Kher’s photograph because he was aware of the legal distinction between counterfeit currency and prop or imitation notes used by children or in the entertainment industry. “He knew that printing counterfeit notes would result in harsher penal provisions, so he …