CHENNAI: Following a report published in Express about a panchayat which sought police help to sensitise the residents on fake currency, officials of the RBI have announced that they would train residents of Kovilambakkam village in Pallikaranai to create awareness on counterfeit notes. On Sunday, three labourers, Habibul Rahaman (26), Abdul Mutalik (25) and Prashant Mondal (23) from Malda, West Bengal, who were living in labour camps in Pallikaranai, were picked up by sleuths of the National Investigation Agency for circulating fake currencies.The Express report, ‘Fake Notes in Circulation has Pallikaranai Residents Worried,’ highlighted how residents of Sunnambu Kolathur were shocked over the arrest and also feared circulation of fake notes in their area as the fraudsters had circulated currency notes of higher denomination that are hard to detect.RBI officials said they would conduct the programme free of cost once the panchayat decides on a venue and date.“We will show samples of counterfeit and genuine currency to the residents. Anyone can come and be a part of our programme and we will also give them pamphlets. Why should the residents approach the local police for this? It is our job to do it and we do not want the people to be despondent,” an official said.Kovilambakkam panchayat officials, who were approached by the RBI to conduct the programme, informed that they would conduct the workshop next week after the Pongal holidays. Panchayat president A Ranganathan said, “We have decided on two venues. We will show it to the RBI officials and once the holidays are over, we will have the meeting.”
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