<img title="Vikrant Karnik claims he wiped the Rs 2,000 note with a wet hanky and the colour rubbed off on it" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/nov/Vikrant-Karnik.jpg" alt="Vikrant Karnik claims he wiped the Rs 2,000 note with a wet hanky and the colour rubbed off on it" /> Vikrant Karnik claims he wiped the Rs 2,000 note with a wet hanky and the colour rubbed off on it
If you&rsquo;re excited to get your hands on the new Rs 2,000 note then this story might be something of a dampener.
A new video is making the rounds on social media that reportedly shows how the new currency note bleeds colour when it comes in contact with water. A 53-year-old social worker from Thane claims he tried this experiment as well and found the claims to be true.
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Naupada resident Vikrant Karnik suspects that either the note he got was fake, or the new notes all have a printing defect. &ldquo;On Monday, one of my friends gave me a Rs 2,000 note, as we share cash in need. After I heard that the new notes are losing colour, I tried an experiment that evening &ndash; I wiped the note with a wet handkerchief and saw that the colour was indeed rubbing off,&rdquo; said Karnik, adding, &ldquo;Is the Rs 2,000 currency real or fake? If it is real then why is it losing its colour? Was a low-quality dye used to print it?&rdquo;
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He is now concerned that this &lsquo;defect&rsquo; might make the new notes just as worthless as the now defunct R500 and R1,000 notes. &ldquo;In the market, people like fish and juice vendors always have wet hands. In such a situation, the currency will quickly lose colour. Not to mention what will happen in summer, when everyone&rsquo;s clothes are damp with sweat. The colour will spread on our clothes. The currency will fade and no one will accept it,&rdquo; said Karnik, who has filed a police complaint in the matter.
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&ldquo;The police have seized the note and the handkerchief and assured that they will send it to the printing press in Nashik for inspection. I will wait for the report,&rdquo; he added.
Until then, however, we&rsquo;d recommend that the next time you wash your clothes, just ensure there are no R2,000 notes in the pocket.

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