AMN/ NEW DELHI:
In a shocking news which came to light today, a man reportedly got Rs 2,000 notes issued by the “Children Bank Of India” from a SBI ATM in south Delhi.
The man who withdrew Rs. 8,000 cash from an ATM in south Delhi sangam Vihar was shocked to see, at a closer glance, that all four 2,000-rupee notes had been issued by the “Children Bank Of India”. As Rohit Kumar played Spot The Difference, right there at the ATM of the government-run SBI or State Bank of India, at least nine more deviations emerged in the cleverly-produced fakes.
In place of the official mark, a little box said “Churan Lable (label)”. The Reserve Bank of India was the “Entertainment Bank of India” and the note promised two thousand “coupens” instead of rupees to the “barer”. Central government became “bachchon ki sarkar (children’s government). The notes also had “PK” on them in place of the RBI stamp.
The man left with the fake notes has been identified as Rohit, a customer care executive at a call centre located in South Delhi’s Chhattarpur. He had visited the SBI ATM at around 7.45pm on February 6 to withdraw Rs 8,000. “But all the four notes I withdrew were fake,” he alleged. Rohit noticed the deliberate mistakes on the notes like ‘promise to pay the bearer two thousand coupons’ and ’Serial number 000000’ and immediately brought it to police’s notice after which a sub-inspector was sent to the ATM located at the T-Point of Tigri in Sangam Vihar.
The policeman was unable to find any other customer with a similar complaint, so he withdrew a note from the ATM. The note that was dispensed confirmed Rohit’s allegations.
Police said they are yet to identify the people behind this. A case of manufacturing documents resembling currency notes, using forged or counterfeit notes and of cheating has been registered at Sangam Vihar police station under IPC sections 489-b, 489-e and 420. An SBI spokesman has said they will be sending a team to investigate the matter.