Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (MS)
Kasargod, Mar 23: Investigations reveal that all the Rs 2000 currency notes discovered in a rented house at Gurupura of Ambalathara Parapalli are counterfeit.
The total value of the confiscated currency notes amounts to Rs 6.96 crore. Despite initial reports indicating Rs 7.25 crore worth of Rs 2000 notes found in the house, machine verification confirmed their falsity.
Authorities believe the perpetrators aimed to circulate the counterfeit notes, deceiving the public into believing they were genuine. Although these notes are banned, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) still accepts them.
There are suspicions that the counterfeit currency was printed in Karnataka and stored in the Kasargod house. No arrests have been made yet, as investigations are ongoing. Two individuals allegedly involved in the scheme are currently evading authorities, with their mobile phones switched off. Police are intensifying efforts to apprehend them.
Additionally, authorities are looking into whether the currency notes were printed overseas, and an inquiry is underway to ascertain the involvement of a resident of Puttur in transporting the currency to the Kasargod house.