New Delhi (Sputnik) — Fake Indian currency notes have flooded the market. According to a study, one in every 4,000 notes in circulation in India is fake but Indian intelligence agencies are only able to intercept approximately one third of the fake notes.
Kolkata, the Indian Statistical Institute, has urged the government to take immediate remedial steps.
Sources in the Home Ministry told Sputnik that the finger of suspicion points towards Pakistan being behind the counterfeit currency racket as the forensic analysis of paper, ink and other features matches those used for Pakistani legal tender.
"State actors are involved in the smuggling of fake currency in India. Pakistan is directly involved in the racket. Pakistani's intelligence agency, ISI, is the main source of the circulation of counterfeit currency in India. Their main objective is to provide financial help to those terrorists and separatists who are working at the behest of ISI, apart from that Pakistan also wants to destabilize the Indian economy. It's high time that the government takes measures," former Director General of Police, Prakash Singh told Sputnik.
There has been a consistent rise in the number of fake currency cases. According to the data presented in the Indian Parliament, 0.63 million counterfeit notes were removed from circulation in the financial year 2015-16, which is up from 0.59 million in 2014-15.
The Indian government is planning to put in place fool-proof measures to curb the menace of counterfeit currency. According to Home Ministry sources, the Terror Funding and Fake Currency Cell of the National Investigation Agency has been mandated to suggest measures to get rid of the problem.
