After recovering around Rs 2 crore of fake currency from the chest of Dumariyaganj SBI branch, the RBI has started scanning 628 currency chests of different banks across Uttar Pradesh. So far, no new currency chest has been found containing fake currency.

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The checking of the currency chests began on Saturday and continued on Sunday.

Among the 628 currency chests, 62 are in districts that are along Indo-Nepal border. “They are being checked on a priority basis,” a senior RBI officer said. From all indications so far, it appears that the problem is confined to Dumariyaganj, the RBI officer said. The vaults of the12 banks that drew currency from Dumariyaganj have been checked and no fake currency notes were found, he added.