The government on Tuesday rejected claims that an Indian Air Force aircraft was used to fly in currency notes from abroad as part of what the Congress alleged was a scam around the November 2016 decision to demonetize high currency notes. The defence ministry denial came hours after the Congress played out videos at its briefing on Tuesday that it said, was proof of a scam. In one of these videos, a person is heard claiming that duplicate currency notes of the face value of Rs 3 lakh crore were printed abroad and brought in an Indian Air Force plane at the Hindon Air Base. A defence ministry spokesperson rejected the claims made in the video. The Congress’s allegation had also drawn a sharp reaction from senior BJP leaders.

Source: Hindustan Times April 09, 2019 17:15 UTC