New Delhi: Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) is involved in pumping fake currency notes into India and a Pakistani bank official based in Nepal was recently found to be operating through a Nepalese national, the Lok Sabha was informed today (Dec 23, 2003).

"A Pak national, working as a general manager of Himalayan Bank Ltd (a joint venture of Habib Bank of Pakistan and Nepalese promoters), has come to notice for inducting fake Indian currency notes through a Nepalese national," Minister of State for Home Affairs, I D Swami, said in a written reply.

Speaking on explosives, he said, an expert committee by Ministry of Industry and Commerce has recommended phasing out the nitro-glycerine based explosives over a period of time as these are being misused by extremists elements as land mines, claymore mines causing death to civilian and police force in the country, Swami said.

Talking on Netaji, the Minister said, the M K Mukherjee Commission, probing the mysterious death of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, has intimated that there has been substantial progress in the enquiry entrusted to it.

However, the commission does not consider it to be desirable to submit any interim report on the results of its enquiry made so far.

"The commission is expected to submit its report to Government as soon as possible but not later than May 14, 2004," Swami said.