Aiming to check the menace of counterfeit currency, the Punjab Government has decided to set up one police station in each district that would be dedicated solely for this job. A notification in this regard is likely to be issued soon.
And all these police stations would be equipped with modern gadgets to check the smuggling and circulation of fake currency.
Sources in the Police Department said the decision was taken following a recent meeting between of the “state-level committee against fake currency”. The top brass of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the crime and intelligence wings, too, was present.
A senior police official said 68 ultra-violet lamps had already been given to the district police wings and the intelligence officials to check the growing menace of fake currency. The racket is being run in an organised manner in the border districts of Amritsar, Ajnala and Ferozepur, the official said.
According to official record, the police seized fake currency of Rs 1.17 crore face value in 2008. The count stood at Rs 1.10 crore in 2009 and almost doubled to Rs 2.12 crore in 2010. And until April this year, the seizures stood at Rs 58 lakh.
COUNTER STEPS
- 68 ultra-violet lamps distributed among district police and intelligence wings to identify fake notes
- The racket is being run in an organised manner in the border districts of Amritsar, Ajnala and Ferozepur
- Police to tie up with the officials of the BSF, Customs and other Central intelligence agencies
