A joint meeting of officers from various Government security agencies, Government officials and representatives of various commercial banks, including top officials of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), was held here on Tuesday.
The meeting of ‘State-level Security Committee’ held under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary
NK Aswal was the 13th in the series held by RBI in the State, according to an official statement issued here.
The members of the committee reviewed the status of security arrangements made in various bank premises, branches and ATMs in the State.
This apart, the members also discussed ways to stop
circulation of fake currency notes in the State.
PN Tiwari, Officer on Special Duty in the Chhattisgarh Police Headquarters, informed that till August 2013, a total of 19 cases had been registered
pertaining to circulation of fake currency in the State.
He said that the police had so far seized fake currency notes amounting to Rs12.12 lakh in the State in which three cases were cancelled and investigations are underway in other 16 cases.
Among the seized currency notes, there are 903 notes of Rs1,000 denomination, 618 of Rs500 denomination and 44 of Rs100 denomination.
Present in the meeting were RBI Chief General Manager, Nagpur, S V Raghavan, RBI General Manager, Raipur Office Nirmalchand, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Chhattisgarh, Sanjay Sharma besides officials from Airports Authority of India and BSNl.