Maoists trained for 6 months in Bastar: Probe into fake notes case
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Maoists trained for 6 months in Bastar: Probe into fake notes case

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: For nearly six months last year in the jungles of west Bastar in Chhattisgarh, Maoist insurgents were trained in the technique of printing fake currency notes, officials aware of the matter said a day after state police and the Central Reserve Police Force seized a cache of fake notes and printing machines from Sukma. According to police, Maoists had been allegedly using the fake currency notes in weekly markets of interior areas of Bastar region and duping innocent tribals for a long time. We recovered fake notes in the denomination of ₹ 50, ₹100, ₹200 and ₹500, but not ₹ 2,000 notes.They were using it to dupe villagers in the jungles and used this fake currency to buy their essential needs and even basic military items,” the officer said. We have information that printing of such fake notes was being done in areas under Mailasur, Korajguda and Danteshpuram areas of Sukma,” the officer said.

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