Panaji: With the demonetization move taken by the government, the rate of crime has been decreased in Mumbai, alleged Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday.

while addressing BJP's Vijay Sankalp rally in Aldona constituency in North Goa, Minister said, "the decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a historic one. The black money, corruption money, terror funding and drug money has received a jolt".

"One of my friends from Mumbai was telling me that the supari (contract) killings have reduced there. There is no lack of people offering supari, but there is no money to pay. In the last 20 days, the murder rate has come to half in Mumbai," he added.

He further claimed, "The instances of extortion have also reduced in Mumbai. If anyone goes to the builder and tries to extort money, he is ready to give the sum, but that money has no value as they are old notes. Due to this, now the one who wanted to extort money has also stopped. Even here in Goa, extortion attempts from the builders have stopped".

"Thanks to demonetisation, the crime graph has been reduced in Mumbai. Modi has eliminated drug lords, terror funders, fake notes and black money," he alleged.

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