Constable, pantry staff held for trying to steal fake notes from NIA vault

New Delhi: A constable of the NIA and a pantry staff were arrested for allegedly trying to steal Rs 1.2 crore fake Indian currency notes from the vault of the anti-terror investigating agency, presuming it to be genuine notes, an official said on Wednesday.

The fake notes, which were seized by the National Investigation Agency while probing a case from Gurgaon in May, were kept in the vault of the NIA Headquarters. The constable and the pantry staff were arrested and a case was registered by Delhi Police last week, a government official said. Probably, the constable, who was on deputation in the NIA, and the pantry staff thought these were genuine notes, he said.