Beware: Onion trader in Karnataka duped with photocopy of Rs 2000 note

While the Central government is trying to counter the menace of black money, instances of people being duped by fake currency are already been reported.

On Sunday, an onion trader at the Chikkamagalur APMC yard in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka was reportedly handed over a photocopy of the new Rs 2000 note.

According to an India Today report, a worker employed by the onion merchant​ was paid Rs 2000 by a customer, but the note was later found to be a photocopy of the new note.

On Sunday morning, a customer purchased onions worth Rs 2000, but at the end of day, when the merchant was counting the money he noticed that the note looked suspicious. None of the security measures such as as the watermark, the image of Mahatma Gandhi and the signature of the Chairman of RBI were clear. On examination, he realised that it was a photocopy of the new Rs 2000 note.

While a cheating case has been registered by the Chikkamagalur police, they are also trying to find CCTV footage to find the culprit.

In a "battle" against black money, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made an announcement saying that old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes would not be legal tender starting midnight on November 8, and that new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes would be issued. The new Rs 2000 currency notes were circulated from November 11, while the new Rs 500 notes were put into circulation from Sunday.

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