Look what the ATM dispensed
NEWDELHI: At a time when people are struggling to get cash from their accounts, a State Bank of India ATM in South Delhi’s Sangam Vihar gladly gave out cash — but the notes were fake.
The notes, dispensed on February 6, has ‘Children Bank of India’ in place of Reserve Bank of India and ‘Guaranteed by the Children’s Government’ in place of ‘Guaranteed by the Central Government.
‘Churan lable’ in place of the latent image and a fake ‘PK’ logo instead of the bank’s seal, are among other obvious deviations on the note. Confirming the case, a senior police officer said the ATM first dispensed four such ₹2,000 notes to a customer.
“We sent a police sub-inspector to verify the allegations. He withdrew one ₹2,000 note and that also turned out to be fake,” the officer said. Other notes in the bundle were genuine, he said. The man stuck with the fake notes has been identified as Rohit, a customer care executive at a call centre in South Delhi. He had visited the SBI ATM at around 7.45pm on February 6 to withdraw ₹8,000. “But all the four notes I withdrew were fake,” he said.
Rohit noticed the ‘deliberate mistakes’ on the notes and immediately brought it to the notice of police, which was when the sub-inspector was sent to the ATM in Sangam Vihar.
The policeman was unable to find any other customer with a similar complaint, so the policeman withdrew a note from the ATM, which 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.