Finding a surge in circulation of counterfeit notes in the Capital with an increased detection of fake Indian currency in banks compared to previous years, Delhi Police have made Parliament police station as a nodal agency to deal with such cases.
The government and private banks have found counterfeit notes worth around Rs 32 lakh in last six months.
To tackle the menace effectively, during meeting with RBI officials and intelligence bureau this week, Delhi Police for the first time have made a police station as a nodal agency for the banks to register such cases.
“Generally, the banks file cases and submit fake currency on half-yearly basis at various police stations across the Capital,” said a police officer.
On an average in a year, counterfeit currency detection in various branches of the banks are around Rs 28 lakh but this time in just six months, fake currency notes worth around Rs 32 lakh were detected, added the officer.
The fake notes were detected in seven banks that have approached police.
“In total, 14 leading banks were asked to register such cases and submit the detected fake notes but from July, 2012 to January, only seven have come up,” said the officer. Police also found that notes of Rs 1,000 denomination are more in circulation than Rs 500.
“Earlier, the banks used to register fake currency cases at any police station in the city. This made things difficult for us to compile the data and work on the cases. Now, Parliament police station has been made the nodal agency where all the banks will register such cases,” added the officer.
The seized counterfeit are sent to forensic science laboratory and Nasik to know the exact origin of these notes.
“Generally, fake Indian currency notes are pumped in the country through Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh borders. These days the racketeers are also using various private courier services to pump counterfeit notes,” said the officer.
The bank officials have been advised to keep fake notes detection machines at every outlet across the city.