Rs.1000 notes found floating in Ganga river
posted on Nov 12, 2016 @ 1:43PM
According to reports Demonetised Rs 1,000 notes were found flowing in Ganga river at Nayaghat area, police said. Nineteen Rs 1,000 notes in a torn condition have been recovered from the river, Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani said. The no-longer-in-use 500 and 1000-rupee notes were spotted by people bathing in the river in Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. A large crowd turned out to see the notes floating in the river. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the shock announcement that just hours later, at midnight, Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes would be illegal for transactions. Assuring that "your money is still yours", he said the old notes must be deposited in banks by the end of the year. The authenticity of the notes will be known only after further investigations, the SP added. According to reports, boatmen got into a fight after spotting the invalid Rs 1,000 notes flowing in the river.