Overview
- Police in Guwahati carried out multiple intelligence‑led operations in early July that produced several arrests and seizures of suspected counterfeit notes totaling more than Rs 20 lakh.
- The Government Railway Police arrested two men at Kamakhya station after seizing counterfeit notes with a face value of Rs 7.37 lakh that the suspects said they bought in Guwahati to transport to Jharkhand.
- Dispur police recovered further caches in Six Mile and Panjabari, including operations that netted Rs 2.56 lakh and earlier recoveries of about Rs 10.90 lakh, and have registered multiple cases.
- Separate probes across India show a mixed picture of scale and method, with the Nagpur crime branch seizing bundles with a reported face value of Rs 8.65 crore and Nalkheda police recovering printing equipment and Rs 57,500 in suspected notes.
- Investigations are active: police are conducting forensic analysis of seized notes, verifying an arrested man's unverified claim of a Rs 100‑crore syndicate, and probing transport routes and possible local producers or protectors that enable circulation.