India’s teething troubles with the demonetisation last year had barely ended when an ATM in the country’s capital dispensed fake Rs 2000 and Rs 5000 notes, seemingly in a prank at people’s expense.
The notes dispensed, though looked identical, had ‘Children Bank f India’ printed in place of Reserve Bank of India and ‘Guaranteed by the Children’s Government’ instead of ‘Guaranteed by the Central Government', The Times of India reported.
The Delhi police have registered a case after receiving a complaint about the ATM dispensing fake currency.
“We sent a sub-inspector to verify the allegations. He withdrew one Rs 2,000 note and that also turned out to be fake,” a police officer said.
Rohit Kumar who withdrew Rs. 8,000 said all the notes he withdrew were fake. He said in his complaint that he initially kept the notes in his wallet and stepped out of the ATM and only checked them outside.
He said the notes were the same colour as the original currency, and the printed figures in the same font as the original, but were guaranteed by "children government" and promised to pay the "barer five hundred coupens". It also had "Churan Lable" written in place of the watermarks. The notes had PK written instead of the RBI seal.
Fake currency note Source: Twitter
The State Bank of India said it is examining the notes in all other ATMs handled by the same custodians of the bank and replenished by the same cash replenishment agency. "As the possibility of fake notes from the bank's ATMs is very remote, the bank suspects the involvement of some miscreants with mischievous intent. However, further investigations are underway," a statement by SBI said.
The police is investigating the matter.
