Another Delhi resident gets fake Rs 2,000 note from ATM

New Delhi March 9 (IANS) A Delhi resident has filed a complaint after receiving a fake Rs 2 000 note from an automated teller machine of a private bank in south Delhi the police said on Thursday.

Chandan Rai who works in a private company withdrew the money -- which later turned out to be fake -- from the ICICI Bank s ATM in Garhi area on Tuesday.

Rai withdrew the Rs 2 000 note with Children Bank of India and churan written on it from the ATM. He received a message from his bank regarding deduction of Rs 2 000 from his bank account Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Banniya said.

Rai filed a complaint at the Amar Colony police station. A native of Bihar he stays in Janata Camp at Nehru Nagar and maintains an account with the Bank of Baroda.

Banniya said the police are examining closed-circuit television footage at the ATM and questioning persons deployed with a cash van who stacked up the cash in the ATM.

Earlier on February 6 a resident of Sangam Vihar in south Delhi had withdrawn Rs 8 000 in Rs 2 000 denomination which turned out to be fake.

--IANS
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