Fake currency notes in Surat, Gujarat

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 206

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2022

206: SHRI DIGVIJAYA SINGH:
Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that in November 2019, fake currency notes of denomination of ₹2000, worth rupees one crore were seized in Surat, Gujarat;
(b) if so, the number of persons arrested in this case;
(c) whether anyone was arrested also from the under construction Swaminarayan temple in Kheda district of Gujarat for printing counterfeit currency notes, if so, the name of such person and his profession; and
(d) the value of currency notes recovered from the arrested person from the under construction temple and the action taken against him?

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