Assam police asks banks to keep vigil on suspicious transactions
Assam police urged banks during the high-level meeting recently held in Guwahati.
It was attended by top officials of 14 banks including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the State Bank of India (SBI).
Assam police Special DG (Law and Order) Kuladhar Saikia, who chaired the meeting, said there are so many possibilities of several outfit groups of North East India including ULFA(I), NSCN(K), NDFB(S) are trying to convert their banned notes into new notes.
"We alerted all banks to keep strict track on any suspicious transactions," Saikia said.
The top police official said the outfit groups had used their old notes to pay fees of few school, college students.
The state police asked the banks to contact local police immediately if any such case of suspicious transactions have been tracked.
Recently, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) alerted the state police of all NE states that several outfit groups of the region had used some tribal people's bank account and Jan Dhan accounts to convert the banned notes to new legal tenders.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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