New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Continuing the drive against modules involved in the import of security paper and printing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted simultaneous searches at 11 different places across Maharashtra, Haryana, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Bihar yesterday and busted seven (7) additional modules involved in the printing of FICN.

The searches were carried out on February 20, 2025, the finance ministry said in a statement Friday.

Earlier on February 8, 2025, the DRI arrested two persons found to be the actual importers of high-quality paper with embedded security thread having inscriptions of 'RBI' and 'Bharat' ('security paper') in Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh, and Bengal...