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CP’s counselling pays

The counselling of history-sheeters by Police Commissioner N. Sambasiva Rao recently and lifting of cases against some of them, who had given up their criminal activities, seems to be paying.

While one of them had disclosed information on the distribution and sale of ganja in the city, now an ex-offender has provided a tip-off that led to the arrest of a seven-member gang allegedly involved in the printing and distribution of counterfeit notes. The gang includes a girl, who is a B.Com (computers) graduate and had done a course in DTP and a young man who has done a diploma course in hardware technology.

The ‘hi-tech’ gang is producing counterfeit currency notes in the denominations of Rs.100, Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 and distributing them through its ‘network’. The gang members sell fake notes for original ones in 3:1 ratio to their target group. The ingenuity of the gang members has left even the Police Commissioner gaping. “Even I couldn’t make out that the 100-rupee notes were fake,” he said.

When this is the situation, how can a common man identify the counterfeit and the original? To make things worse, even possession of a fake note is punishable under the law. The other day, a gullible elderly man was caught when he gave a note to purchase a ticket at the railway station. The man was taken to the Railway Police Station and kept there the whole night.

So, the next time you accept currency notes be doubly careful!

Labour of love

The Hindu Young World painting competition provided an opportunity to children to express themselves in a universal language. Thanks to the importance given to drawing in schools and the interest taken by teachers and parents, children drew immense pleasure from the participation. For parents it was an equally a labour of love.

Mothers could be seen collecting all the painting material, putting them back after the children finished painting. The enthusiasm of the parents and children were a match for each other. Tiny tots vied with their seniors to have a glimpse of the prize-winning entries with evidently wide-eyed curiosity.

The prize-winning entries are a reassurance that memories of villages are still green. Celebration of Deepavali with mother playing her affectionate role speaks of the pride of place she enjoys. Oh, yes, it’s a riot of colour spread on an emotional canvas.

B. Madhu Gopal and G. V. Prasada Sarma

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