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Recent In Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, the police has busted the gang printing fake notes. Police have arrested three people in this case. 500-500 fake notes have been recovered from the accused. Their value is about 5 lakh rupees.
Recently, in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, a special operation group (SOG) and local police arrested 4 members of the gang making fake notes. Police recovered fake notes of about Rs 1.5 lakh and printing equipment from them.
Fake currency is like a termite for any country, which damages the country’s economy. Therefore it is necessary to identify it. Using fake notes is also a legal offense. There may be jail for this.
So let’s today News of the need I will talk about how to identify fake notes? Will also know that-
- What to do if you get fake notes?
- If fake notes come out of ATM, whom should you complain?
Expert: Raj Shekhar, Manager, Bank of Maharashtra, Dehradun
Question- How to identify fake notes? answer- In today’s era, fraudsters printed such fake notes in such a way that it is difficult for the common man to differentiate between real and fake notes. Most people are aware of this when they deposit money in a bank or a financial institution.
The highest number of 500 notes are in circulation after the 2000 notes are closed. This is the reason why fraudsters print most of 500 fake notes.
However, every note has some features through which you can easily identify the real and fake notes. For this, the notes can check the guidelines given by watermarks, security threads, microllating and RBI.
Let’s understand this from the graphic below.
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Apart from this, some other methods have been mentioned by RBI to identify the real note of 500 rupees. Such as-
- The size of the real 500 rupee note is 66mmx150 mm.
- In the note, the words ‘India’ and ‘India’ are written in micro letters.
- On the note, it turns from green to blue when it slant a mark of 500 rupees on the right to the right.
- In the note, the symbol of Ashoka Pillar is on the right.
- The logo and slogan of ‘Swachh Bharat’ are printed on every real note.
Question- Is there any other way to identify fake notes? answer- Yes, fake notes can also be identified online. For this, you have to download the ‘Chkfake’ app in your smartphone. This app is completely free. It can check the major currency of many other countries including India. This app is very beneficial for those who go to visit abroad.
Use ‘Chkfake’ app like this
- First download the Chkfake app from Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
- After this, create your account in the app or login as a guest user.
- Click on ‘Currency’ or ‘Note’ from the options given in the app.
- Choose the currency of the country you want to check.
- Select (INR) for Indian rupees (INR).
- After this, take a clear photo of that note with your phone camera.
- The app will scan things like watermark, serial number, security thread of that note.
- After scanning, the app will tell whether your note is real or fake.
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Question- Can there be an FIR against you if you get fake notes? answer- According to RBI’s instructions, if you have 1 to 4 fake notes inadvertently and you immediately inform the bank or police, no case will be registered against you.
While a person gets 5 or more fake notes, the bank officials will immediately inform the police. After this, an FIR will be investigated and investigated.
Question- What to do if fake notes come after you during a transaction? answer- According to RBI guidelines, if you have received a fake note in a transaction and you do not know where the fake note is from, immediately inform the nearest RBI office or the police.
On the other hand, if a fake note has come out of the ATM, then show the note in the CCTV camera installed on the spot and inform the security guard. After this, contact the branch of that bank, which has ATM. In such a situation you should have concrete evidence. If there is no evidence, the bank can also refuse to withdraw the note.
Understand the graphic below what to do when fake notes are released from ATM.
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Question- How much punishment can be done for running or printing fake notes? answer- According to Indian law, printing fake notes can lead to life imprisonment from 10 years. At the same time, making or keeping equipment or ingredients for fake notes can lead to a jail of up to 7 years.
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