BSF in talks with RBI to train jawans to identify fake notes

February 12, 2017 11:18

BSF is in talks with Reserve Bank of India for imparting of training to its troopers for identifying fake notes smuggled through Indo-Bangla border.

The paramilitary force and intelligence agencies are having sleepless nights over consignments of counterfeit Rs 2,000 notes being seized from the border in past one month.

"The amount of counterfeit notes that has been recovered by security agencies is a matter of concern. The security features have been expertly replicated, half of the security features of the new Rs 2,000 notes is there in the fake notes. We are in talks with RBI for a training program for our soldiers and officers on ground duty for identifying fake Rs 2000 notes. Hope we will would be able to do it very soon," a senior BSF official said.

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