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TopicFake currency

Topic: Fake currency

A history-sheeter from Bengal’s Malda facing 50 cases, who is Assadullah Biswas arrested in Delhi

Biswas was picked up Thursday night from a Paharganj hotel in connection with a murder case. He is also wanted in connection with fake currency racket and financing terror activities.

2020 saw 190% rise in counterfeit notes seized, ‘courtesy Malda-based syndicates’

NCRB data shows a 190.5% rise in 2020 compared to 2019, most fake currency notes seized from Maharashtra while Bengal recorded most related arrests.

CSIR develops advanced security ink to stop counterfeiting of currency notes

The research was conducted by CSIR-National Physical Laboratory in New Delhi and published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Fake banknotes seized in India doubled after demonetisation, Gujarat topped list: NCRB

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.

No end to fake notes problem, data shows huge jump in counterfeit Rs 500 & Rs 2,000

RBI's annual report says overall detection of counterfeit notes in fiscal 2018 was 31.4% lower than the previous fiscal.

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