The RBI intends to conduct the same programme in Surat and Rajkot as well. In the seminar, the police were given fake and original currency notes and were asked to identify the original ones with the help of watermarks, the year of printing and other such marks, which help differentiate the original from fake currency.

“It is very important for the police to identify fake currency. Most of the fake currency notes are being brought to India from neighbouring countries, with a view to destabilise the country’s economy,” said Pravin Sinha, Joint Commissioner of Police, Vadodara city.

Several cases of counterfeit notes being brought into the city have been reported from Vadodara.

The Vadodara Special Operations Group (SOG) had earlier arrested a few operatives of a fake currency gang bringing in bogus currency from Bangladesh via West Bengal.

Earlier, one Mohammed Nazrul Sheikh (22) and Abdul Majid Sheikh (32) were arrested at the Vadodara Railway Station with crockery and other items that were purchased with fake notes.

During the course of investigation, the SOG had found that one Mohd Ikram Ali Sheikh from Baghmara Village in Malda district had given the notes to the two. The duo had around Rs 1 lakh in the form of 500 rupee notes.