SRINAGAR: An unknown Kashmiri separatist group called Kashmir Graffiti has become active in Jammu & Kashmir, stamping separatist slogans on Indian currency notes to voice their demands.



According to their statement posted on social networking site Facebook, the group has stamped currency worth Rs 30 crores in the last four months. The group has also put a video on youtube about it.



According to the Reserve Bank of India’s clean note policy announced on May 10 this year, inscription or scribbling on any part of the banknote would render it to be classified as unfit for reissue. Accordingly, such banknotes get treated as soiled banknotes and cannot be re-circulated.



Head of corporate communications, J&K Bank, Sajad Bazaz said the claim of Rs 30 crore branded with slogans is yet to be verified by the police. Action will follow, he said. “So far the currency is concerned the stamped notes can’t be termed as invalid,” Bazaz said.



Inspector general of police Abdul Gani Mir said, “These are fake identities and without internet protocol (IP) addresses.”



“We know it is just a little effort but we believe it will go a long way in sending message to people of India what a common Kashmiri wants,” the group said on its Facebook page ‘Kashmir Graffiti’.



The organization feels it is a novel way of expressing dissent against Indian occupation on Kashmir. “That is why we came with such a new idea. We are hereby adding another dimension to our struggle against Indian autocratic rule. Kashmiris have neither accepted Indian forcible occupation in the past nor will we ever do so,” it said.



