Two orphans from Rajasthan discover Rs 96,000 in demonetised notes at home, urge PM Narendra Modi for help

Kota: Two orphans - 16-year-old Sooraj Banjara and his 12-year-old sister Saloni – who recently discovered Rs 96,500 cash in demonetised notes, have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention as the deadline to exchange the banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 bank notes has passed.

The cash was found in a box earlier this month during a police survey at one of their locked paternal houses in Sarawada village in Rajasthan.

Sooraj claims that her mother was allegedly murdered in 2013 and their father, Raju Banjara, died earlier.

The brother of the 12-year-old girl wishes to fix deposit the money in a bank in her sister's name.

Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Kota, Chairman Harish Gurubaxani said, “After their mother's death, the children were staying at a shelter home here. During a counselling session, they said they had houses in RK Puram area and Sarawada village.”

Meanwhile, Kota MP Om Birla has assured all help will be provided to the children.

The amount is in 171 notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.

The Union government on November 8 last year had demonetised high-value Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, and asked citizens to get them exchanged at the RBI by March 31, 2017.