Nasik: Three Currency Note Press (CNP) employees, including a store department officer, was suspended in connection with the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, sources said.

Three employees in CNP's store department were suspended yesterday (Nov 29, 2003) after 10-ream water-mark paper, being used to print currency note, were found missing a few years ago, CNP sources said, adding a search was in progress for the missing ream paper.

With this the total number of suspension in both Indian Security Press and CNP has gone to seven in the scam.

The incident came to light on January 13, 2002 during the tenure of then CNP general manager V K Jain, who brought it to the notice of Mazdoor Sangh and new general manger Arun Ingale, who in turn informed the Union Finance Ministry.

The Ministry appointed a three-member committee headed by P K sharma, Joint Secretary of Devas Press, and submitted its report on October 18 last month to the Finance Ministry, CNP sources said today (Nov 30).

Ingale after returning from New Delhi yesterday served suspension orders to store department employees.

PTI