GANDHI IMAGE MISSING ON RS 2, 000 NOTES, MP BANK SAYS CURRENCY NOT FAKES
A
clutch of new Rs 2,000 banknotes without Mahatma Gandhi’s image triggered panic
among villagers in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district, as they thought these
bills were counterfeits.Bank officials assured later that the notes are good
but a possible printing mistake removed the ever-familiar embossed picture of
the Father of the Nation.
Some
farmers in Badodha tehsil withdrew money from the local State Bank of India
branch on Tuesday to discover that some Rs 2000 banknotes don’t have Mahatma
Gandhi’s image. Laxman Meena, a farmer from Bichugaanvdi village, said: “I
withdrew Rs 6,000. The cashier gave me three notes of Rs 2,000. When I reached
home, my son told me that Gandhiji’s picture was missing in the banknote. My
son told me it was fake.”Meena said he immediately went to the bank but bank
officials were reluctant to take any action.Soon, another farmer Gurmeet Singh
from Kadukheda village came to the bank with four notes without Mahatma
Gandhi’s image.The
bank took the banknotes back but didn’t issue fresh currency, Meena said.When
contacted, SBI Badodha branch manager RD Meena told HT that these Rs 2,000
banknotes with missing picture of Gandhi were not fake.“Somehow the notes have
not been printed completely. So, we have taken the notes back,” he said.
Prof. John Kurakar
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