Coronavirus threat: Rs 2,000 currency note found on road burnt by Surat civic team

Yagnesh Bharat Mehta | TNN | Apr 21, 2020, 23:23 IST

Police have collected CCTV footage from the nearby spot to check if some person intentionally dropped the note...Read More

SURAT: A Rs 2,000 currency note was burnt by a team of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in Puna area of the city on Monday after it was found on road under suspicious circumstances. Police initiated an inquiry to find out if it was an act done intentionally to create panic.
Recently, three currency notes were allegedly dropped on a footpath in Chandi Chowk area of the city by a man after applying saliva and sweat on it.
The note was spotted by some local resident around 10.30am and he informed the police. The residents kept a stone on the note to prevent it from blowing with wind. Police visited the spot and after questioning locals they called a team of SMC. Arriving on spot SMC team first sanitized the note and later burnt it.
"As per the instruction from their seniors, the SMC team sanitized the note and burnt it. Police also registered an informal complaint and started investigation," said a police officer with Puna police station.
Police have collected CCTV footage from the nearby spot to check if some person intentionally dropped the note.