Border Security Force, BSF, is in talks with Reserve Bank of India, RBI, for imparting of training to its troopers for identifying fake notes smuggled through Indo-Bangla border. <br/><br/>Recently, consignments of counterfeit Rs 2,000 notes have been seized from the border by the security forces.<br/><br/>The booming trade in fake Indian currency notes using the porous Indo-Bangla border especially in the Malda-Murshidabad district, was believed to have taken a hit after demonetisation of Rs 1000 and 500 notes.<br/><br/>But alarm bells rang when counterfeit Rs 2,000 notes, which have replicated nearly 50-60 per cent of the security features, were seized.<br/><br/>The central security agencies and police intercepted few consignments of Rs 2,000 notes between December 2016 and January from areas near Malda district.<br/><br/>On 8th February, West Bengal Police arrested a youth with 40 fake Rs 2,000 currency notes from Murshidabad district, which is termed as the biggest such haul from the porous Indo-Bangla border region post demonetisation.