SBI ATM dispenses fake Rs 2,000 note with Children Bank of India instead of RBI

An SBI ATM in Delhi's Sangam Vihar dispensed four notes of Rs 2,000 with "Children Bank Of India" written on them.

New Delhi: A man who had gone to withdraw money at an ATM in Sangam Vihar here allegedly ended up getting four notes of Rs 2,000 with "Children Bank Of India" written on them, police said on Wednesday.

Rohit Kumar, a customer care executive, had gone to withdraw cash from the State Bank of India (SBI) ATM in Sangam Vihar on February 6. He got four notes of Rs 2,000 which had "churan" label on them in place of the official watermark.

The notes also had "PK" written on them in place of the RBI stamp and the top left corner had "Bharatiya Manoranjan Bank" written instead of Reserve Bank of India.

After the victim approached the police, a Sub-Inspector was sent to the ATM to withdraw money and he also received a note that had "Children Bank Of India" written on it.

Following this, a case of cheating was registered and investigation has been taken up, said a senior police officer.

After scanning the footage from the ATM, police has managed to identify the last man who had filled cash in the machine.

"Till now, there have been no other complaints. Probably, only a few notes were changed. We have to identify at which point the real notes were exchanged," the officer added.

Here are the Key points of the fake bank note

1. Bharatiya Manoranjan Bank instead of Bharatiya Reserve Bank on the top left

2. Serial number 000000

3. Rupee sign is missing

4. Instead of strip with leaf markings there is a Churan Lable

5. P.K. logo instead of RBI seal

6. I promise to pay the barer two thousand coupens (sic) instead of I promise to pay the bearer the sum of two thousand rupees

7. Governor’s signature missing

8. Churan Lable instead of the Ashok emblem

9. Children Bank of India instead of Reserve Bank of India

10. Guaranteed by the Children Government instead of Gauranteed by the Central Government

Meanwhile, SBI has said that it could be an act of miscreants and that the investigation is underway. The bank further added that it is examining all other banks to find out if similar incidents have happened there.