Man gets ‘half-printed’ Rs 2,000 note from ATM in Shaheen Bagh

The incident took place on Monday afternoon when Shahdab left his vegetable stall and visited the ATM in Shaheen Bagh to withdraw Rs 10,000.

AN ATM in Shaheen Bagh dispensed half-printed Rs 2,000 notes, a customer has alleged. The man, identified as Shadab, approached the bank authorities with the fake Rs 2,000 note, following which police were alerted.

DCP (southeast) Romil Baaniya said a case has been registered at Jamia police station and police will take action under IPC Section 420.
The incident took place on Monday afternoon when Shahdab left his vegetable stall and visited the ATM in Shaheen Bagh to withdraw Rs 10,000.

“From the ATM, he got four Rs 2,000 notes, three Rs 500 notes and five Rs 100 notes. But when he looked at one of the Rs 2,000 notes he found that it had a tape in the middle and was half printed — with half of the note a white piece of paper,” said a police officer familiar with the details of the case.

He raised the issue with the customer care of the bank, who asked him to visit the Bhogal branch. He also contacted Yes Bank, where he has the account, and informed them about the issue. After that, the issue was raised with the police. In a similar incident in southeast Delhi early this year, an ATM in Sangam Vihar dispensed fake Rs 2,000 notes with ‘Children Bank of India’ and ‘Bhartiya Manoranjan Bank’ written on the notes, following which a custodian of a cash management company was booked for cheating.