Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 47,000 in Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 denominations from West Bengal’s Malda district and arrested one person, an official said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, the BSF troopers nabbed a suspect[Read More…]
Tag: Fake Currency
Madhya Pradesh: Former Hockey player arrested for printing fake notes of Rs 3cr
A former hockey player who was detained on Friday for allegedly counterfeiting currency told officials that a man from Bhopal had asked him for printing fake notes of Rs 3 crore before the state assembly elections, police told media in Bhopal. Aftab Ali (42) alias Mushtaq Khan from Bhopal was[Read More…]
Post demonetisation drive, police seizes fake currency from BJP leader’s house
While BJP’s one of the main agenda is to drive away ‘black-money’ from the country which is why PM Modi chose to ban currencies overnight, Kerala Police seized fake currency notes and printing machines from the house of a BJP local leader at Sree Narayanapuram near Kodungallur in the district.[Read More…]
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Finance Ministry says no fake currency was seized from Nov 8 to Dec 30
The primary motif of demonetisation according to PM Modi was the elimination of fake notes and black money which eventually result in financing terrorist actvities. After weeks of banning notes, the Finance Ministry has come up with a verdict supporting the decision of scapping notes. According to the Finance Ministry,[Read More…]
Man receives misprinted Rs 500 notes from an ATM in Madhya Pradesh
An ATM at a village in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh dispensed two new Rs500 denomination with one blank side. Although the bank officials said the misprinted notes were received as such from the Reserve Bank of India. “We have changed these ‘misprinted’ currency notes after the consumer’s complaint. We are now[Read More…]
Demonetisation hits fake currency trade on Indo-B’desh border
With government’s decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency, the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) trade across the border with Bangladesh has taken a huge hit in the last two days. Activity of the FICN traders operating in the border areas has been negligible in the last two[Read More…]