New Delhi, October 14: Counterfeit currency with a face value of around Rs one lakh were recovered from the Reserve Bank of India office in the national capital, police sources said today.
A case was registered recently after a senior official of the RBI approached police complaining that 296 fake notes of various denominations were detected last month, they said.
It is suspected that some banks have “unknowingly” submitted the notes with RBI, they said adding the fake notes have been sent for examination in Bank Note Press in Madhya Pradesh.
Recently, counterfeit notes with a face value of Rs seven lakh was detected in the Citibank branch operating out of Jeevan Bharti building in Connaught Place by its officials who approached police.
Fake notes with a face value of over Rs 67 lakh were seized by Delhi Police this year so far with investigators indicating that the rackets are now more into printing counterfeit currency of Rs 500 denomination than Rs 100, reversing a four-year-old trend.
According to Delhi Police statistics, fake notes with a face value of Rs 67,66,630 were seized in the capital till September 15 this year as against last year’s total figure of Rs 59,19,000 in fake notes.
–Agencies