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Fake notes from 'Children Bank of India': Cash custodian arrested

PTI2_22_2017_000235B Fake notes of Rs 2000 which were dispensed by an SBI ATM in south Delhi on Wednesday | PTI

A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with a case where an SBI ATM in Delhi dispensed four notes of Rs 2,000 with 'Children Bank Of India' written on them.

Romil Baaniya, DCP (Southeast), said that the arrested was a cash custodian.

"The accused had already been identified and we arrested him. He is 27-year-old Mohammed Isha, a resident of Sangam Vihar," he said.

Isha was the custodian of the cash at the time it was being placed in the ATM. He is an employee of Brinks India Pvt Ltd which is responsible for placing cash in ATMs, said the officer.

During the course of investigation, CCTV footage of the ATM vending machine area was thoroughly scanned.

Isha had done his Bachelors of Arts from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh.

Rohit Kumar, who works as a customer care executive at a call centre in Chhatarpur, 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.

He approached police with a complaint and a case was registered.

Earlier, a case under sections 489B (Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes), 489E (Making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes) and 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) was registered at Sangam Vihar police station.

Later, the sections were finalised as 406 (Punishment for criminal breach of trust), 409 (Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent) and 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of IPC.

Further investigations are underway. 

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