Central Forensic Science Laboratory to get new technology to identify source of fake notes

NEW DELHI: In a step that would help efforts to tackle flow of counterfeit currency, Central Forensic Science Laboratory is planning to have a new software to identify the source country for the fake money.

This technology will be able to trace the country or place from where the fake currency note originated and also identify the machine that was used to create it, CFSL Director Rajinder Singh said.

"It is a software that we are planning to procure so that we are able to trace the location from where the fake currency originated. We have the technology that helps us to differentiate whether a currency note is genuine or fake but now it will help us to identify the machine used," he said.

"Zeroing on the origin of the fake currency note is very difficult. Terrorists use it as a means to destabilise economy," an official with National Investigation Agency said.

The NIA is responsible for investigations into fake currency notes used by terrorists while the rest are looked into by the CBI and state police.

Singh said, "This new technology has already been tried and tested by the Interpol. It will take some time before we acquire it and put it to use."