The central bank has asked the banks to install fake note detecting machine in all the cattle markets approved by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC).

This is for the second time that such a move has been taken in addition to deployment of adequate security forces in the cattle markets where sacrificial animals will be sold on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. The directive was issued to keep a check on the spread of fake notes as culprits dealing with counterfeit notes become active during the festivals every year.

All the commercial banks in assistance with the law enforcing agencies will render the free service round the clock in the city and also across the country, said a BB order issued on Wednesday.

Some 20 cattle markets would be set up in the DCC area for this Eid. The BB has provided 80 scanning machines to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for cattle markets under the DCC area, 75 for other areas of the country and 25 for the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

Last year, the BB gave 35 machines to police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

Members of the intelligence agencies have already been asked to keep sharp watch on buyers to check payment of fake banknotes after purchasing sacrificial animals.

News: The Daily Independent/Bangladesh/18th-Oct-12