`2000 note loses colour, throws police into tizzy

The Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday was thrown into a tizzy after a man claimed a new currency note of Rs 2,000 denomination, he withdrew from a State Bank of India (SBI) ATM, started to lose its pink colour. "Jalalabad resident Ritik Gupta went to the ATM to withdraw Rs 10,000. He withdrew five currency notes of Rs 2,000 each, of which one was possibly scanned and sent to the ATM," Kotwali Police Station in-charge Bharat Gautam said. A complaint in this regard has been registered at the police station, he said.

However, Shahjahanpur SP K B Singh said the complaint pertained to a Rs 2,000 note losing its colour. "There was no complaint of any fake currency notes being retrieved from an ATM in Jalalabad," he said. Regional manager of SBI, R B Trivedi, said it would be wrong to say that a fake currency note came out of the ATM. Whatever currency notes are coming to the bank, they are coming from the Reserve Bank of India. The currency notes kept in the ATM are also sent by the RBI, he said, adding "Nevertheless, we are getting the entire case investigated."