Currency Notes In Odisha

The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police questioned people standing in queue to exchange Rs 2000 currency notes at the Reserve Bank of India counter here to find out whether they were acting as agents for others, an official said.

Police on Tuesday seized counterfeit currency notes with a face value of Rs 7.90 crore and arrested three persons in Odisha's Koraput district during routine checking of vehicles, an officer said.

Currency notes worth lakhs of rupees were soaked as flood water entered banks and ATM counters at Aska town in Odisha's Ganjam district, officials said on Wednesday.

With the members of both the Opposition and treasury bench expressing concern in the Assembly over the difficulties faced by the people due to demonetisation, the Odisha government on Friday said there was "acute shortage" of Rs 100 and Rs 500 currency notes in the state.

In a major seizure, police have recovered cash worth Rs 1.43 crores in new and old currency notes from a car in Odisha's Sambalpur today.

At least Rs 1.15 crore was stolen from a bank in Odisha's Dhenkanal on the weekend, all in banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

At least Rs 1.15 crore worth of cash in now defunct Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was stolen from the Odisha Gramya Bank's branch in Dhenkanal, police said today.

While many were left strapped for cash after the demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes, P Anil Kumar of Berhampur in south Odisha walked away a richer man.

At a time when the Centre is trying to curb fake currency notes by demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes, a rumour has spread across Odisha that Rs 10 coins had been declared invalid by the Reserve Bank of India.

A youth was arrested by Odisha police when he was trying to deposit fake currency notes at a bank at Khurda town, near Bhubaneswar, amid the rush of customers depositing money following the demonetisation of high-value currency notes.

The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police questioned people standing in queue to exchange Rs 2000 currency notes at the Reserve Bank of India counter here to find out whether they were acting as agents for others, an official said.

Police on Tuesday seized counterfeit currency notes with a face value of Rs 7.90 crore and arrested three persons in Odisha's Koraput district during routine checking of vehicles, an officer said.

Currency notes worth lakhs of rupees were soaked as flood water entered banks and ATM counters at Aska town in Odisha's Ganjam district, officials said on Wednesday.

With the members of both the Opposition and treasury bench expressing concern in the Assembly over the difficulties faced by the people due to demonetisation, the Odisha government on Friday said there was "acute shortage" of Rs 100 and Rs 500 currency notes in the state.

In a major seizure, police have recovered cash worth Rs 1.43 crores in new and old currency notes from a car in Odisha's Sambalpur today.

At least Rs 1.15 crore was stolen from a bank in Odisha's Dhenkanal on the weekend, all in banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

At least Rs 1.15 crore worth of cash in now defunct Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was stolen from the Odisha Gramya Bank's branch in Dhenkanal, police said today.

While many were left strapped for cash after the demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes, P Anil Kumar of Berhampur in south Odisha walked away a richer man.

At a time when the Centre is trying to curb fake currency notes by demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination notes, a rumour has spread across Odisha that Rs 10 coins had been declared invalid by the Reserve Bank of India.

A youth was arrested by Odisha police when he was trying to deposit fake currency notes at a bank at Khurda town, near Bhubaneswar, amid the rush of customers depositing money following the demonetisation of high-value currency notes.