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Venkaiah Naidu writes to Home Minister for probe into illegal exchange of demonetised notes

Venkaiah Naidu told that he had written to the Home Minister and also asked his ministry to lodge a complaint with cops.

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NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has written to Home Minister for a probe following a media sting claiming that demonetised currency notes of Rs 1000/500 were being exchanged with the valid ones against a hefty margin by groups of people illegally.
    
He told reporters that he had written to the Home Minister and also asked his ministry to lodge a complaint with Delhi Police Commissioner.
    
"Enquiry should be done to find out who are behind it. I have also asked my secretary to register a complaint with Delhi Police Commissioner for a detailed probe," he said. 
 

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