RBI lodged complaint against SBI alleged fake notes

In Bihar East Champaran district, situated on the Indo-Nepal border fake currency notes are being circulated which has taken inquisitive turn. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lodged an FIR against the State Bank of India (SBI) for depositing fake currency notes in the RBI. The FIR was lodged by the RBI’s Patna-based manager Robin Tirkey at the Town police station of East Champaran's district HQ town of Motihari. In his complaint manager alleged as many as 23 fake notes of Rs 500 denomination were deposited in the RBI treasury by SBI on different dates.

Motihari assistant superintendent of police (ASP) Anil Kumar Singh informed investigation is being done. In East Champaran there are as many as 14 SBI branches and their payments come to the Motihari SBI branch which deposits the same in the RBI.

SBI's Patna-based GM Sameer Sharan showed false ignorance about such an FIR. He told TOI, "Today being a holiday on account of Bakrid, we will have details by tomorrow and we will do the needful".

For quite sometime the bordering district has been in the news as it is considered as a haven of fake currency racketeers. Police teams of different states keep descending on the Nawtan block in the district and conduct raids following leads on fake currency. Several arrests have also been made from the block.

Last month two such racketeers belonging to Nawtan were arrested in Delhi with fake notes worth Rs 70,000. In a bigger haul, a few days ago local police have made arrests; four such racketeers have been arrested with Rs 11 lakh worth fake notes near Motihari town.