30% fake currency cases in Delhi yet to be cracked

NEW DELHI: Thirty per cent of counterfeit currency cases reported from the national capital in the past five years are yet to be cracked and year 2009 appears to post a record in the number of such cases.
Fifty-eight out of 199 cases reported from January 2005 to September 15, 2009 are yet to be solved with year 2005 topping the list with 18 unsolved cases out of 36 cases reported, a senior police officer said.
While 35 cases were reported till September 15 this year, the highest number of 45 cases was reported in 2007. Eleven cases registered this year are yet to be cracked while nine in 2007 remain to be solved, the officer said.
Last year, 41 cases were reported out of which 30 were solved while nine cases out of 42 cases in 2006 remained unsolved. “Some cases are blind cases as individuals and banks have reported the matter to us. We have seized the currency and registered the case but we could not trace the culprits,” the officer said.
During the last five years, fake notes with a face value of Rs 2.97 crore were seized by police with 2007 topping the list with fake notes of face value of Rs 1.01 crore. This year so far, fake notes with a face value of Rs 67.66 lakh have been seized.

There was an increase in seizure from Rs 37.65 lakh in face value of fake notes in 2006 to Rs 1.01 crore next year while it decreased to Rs 59.19 lakh in 2008. - PTI

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