Intelligence warns of fake currency influx pre-polls

Indian intelligence agencies have warned that a group called the Dawood Syndicate, which is based in Pakistan, is printing a lot of fake money.

They are sending this fake money to Bangladesh and Nepal, and then trying to bring it into India.

The fake money is very good quality and hard to detect.

The group is doing this before elections in several Indian states, because they think security will be focused on the elections, making it easier for them to smuggle the fake money.

The main place they are bringing the money into India is Malda in West Bengal.

Indian agencies are watching the borders closely to try and stop this.