Fake banknotes seized in India doubled after demonetisation, Gujarat topped list: NCRB -Apoorva Mandhani and Aneesha Bedi

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National Crime Records Bureau’s report for 2017 says new Rs 2,000 note, released after demonetisation, accounted for more than half the seized currency.

New Delhi: Fake Indian currency notes worth Rs 28.1 crore were seized in 2017, almost doubling from the previous year’s mark of Rs 15.9 crore, according to the Crime in India-2017 report put together by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The report points out that the new Rs 2,000 note, released after the November 2016 demonetisation, accounted for Rs 14.97 crore of the currency seized in 2017.

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