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Pak official gives fake Rs 500 note to school

A correspondent in New Delhi

A Rs 500 note deposited by a Pakistan high commission employee with a school in New Delhi has been found to be fake, according to the police and school authorities.

V K Williams, principal of Mount Carmel School, said that Muzaffar Ali Khan had given one Rs 500 note as part of his son's fee. His son Zen Ali Khan is a student of the prep class of the prestigious school.

"Later when today's fee collection was sent to the State Bank of Patliala counter in the school premises, the manager sent back the note saying it was fake. We found that the only Rs 500 note was deposited by Mr Khan. When we contacted him, he said he got the note from the State Bank of India. He in fact replaced the note. We thought it was in fitness of things to inform the local police. So we informed the Nankpura police post," Williams told rediff.com .

The Nanakpura police later confirmed that they have received a written complaint from the school authorities and sub-inspector Manish Joshi has taken up the case for investigation. The Delhi police top brass was totally unaware of the incident but they promised to look into the case and get back to the media at the earliest.

The Reserve Bank of India has been from time to time warning people about the fake Rs 500 notes flooding the Indian market. Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agents are supposed to be involved in the racket.

The question which is now being asked by the authorities is whether Muzaffar Ali Khan really got the note from the State Bank of India as he has claimed or is it a part of the campaign to float fake currency notes in the Indian market? "We would try to find out if this was only an incidental mistake or whether there is a deep-rooted conspiracy behind it," said a senior official of the Delhi police.

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