New Delhi: A southeast Delhi resident alleged that he got one such note while withdrawing money from an ICICI ATM in Amar Colony, south Delhi on March 7.
“The note was fake with Children’s Bank of India printed on it. I received a message on my phone that Rs 2,000 was debited from my account,” said Rai in his complaint.
The police have registered a case of forgery and the crime branch is now investigating.
ICICI Bank refused to comment in the matter saying that they are co-operating with the police in the matter.
The fake note has been seized, this is the second such case in a month.
“The case has been transferred to my unit,Unlike the local police, the crime branch has the expertise to deal with such cases”, said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Praveen Ranjan.
“Evidence gathered from CCTV footage and a text message from the bank, suggests that Rai had withdrawn the note from the ATM. We are questioning bank authorities and the loader who put the cash in the machine that day,” he added.
In February this year, police received a similar complaint from a State Bank of India ATM in Sangam Vihar after which a 27-year-old cash loader was arrested.
The man had allegedly removed five Rs 2,000 notes and replaced them with fake notes that read ‘Children Bank of India’ instead of ‘Reserve Bank of India’ and had other errors and misprints.