Fake 2,000 rupee notes dispensed by SBI ATM in Delhi bearing ‘Children’s Bank of India’

Fake 2,000 rupee notes were dispensed from a State Bank of India ATM in South Delhi’s Sangam Vihar, according to reports.

In place of the Reserve Bank of India, the notes read ‘Children’s Bank of India’ and further went on to say that it was ‘Guaranteed by the Children’s Government’ instead of Guaranteed by the Central Government. It carried a fake ‘PK’ logo in place of the bank’s seal and had ‘Churan lable’ where the latent image sits.

The ATM had dispensed four such notes and the development was then confirmed when a senior police official also experienced the same. “We sent a sub-inspector to verify the allegations. He withdrew one Rs 2,000 note and that also turned out to be fake.” However, he did add that the other notes stacked in the bundle were genuine.

Police are yet to identify the people responsible and a case of manufacturing documents resembling currency notes, using forged or counterfeit notes and of cheating has been registered under IPC sections 489-b, 489-e and 420 at Sangam Vihar police station. A team from SBI will be sent to investigate the matter according to an SBI spokesperson.