Daijiworld Media Network - Bhopal (SHP)
Bhopal, Nov 22: In a bizarre turn of events, a State Bank of India (SBI) customer in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district ended up receiving a huge amount of money every month in his account. He went by without questioning the source because he believed that the amount was credited every month by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The customer was referring to the promise made by BJP during the 2014 Lok Sabha election, where they stated that recovered black money would be distributed to citizens of the country.
Unfortunately for the man, when the truth was revealed it was sour and less joyful.
Hukum Singh
Rajesh Sonkar, the manager of an SBI branch in Alampur, assigned identical account numbers to two different customers. The passbooks of Hukum Singh (from Rurai village) and Hukum Singh (from Rony village) were a near-exact match to each other - except for their photographs.
Both men held a single account, regardless of them being independent of each other. Hukum Singh opened an account from Rorai village and shifted to Haryana in search of employment and began investing his savings in the Alampur SBI.
However, the Hukum Singh who stayed behind in Madhya Pradesh found money appearing in the account every month. Undoubtedly delighted, and believing it to be the work of Prime Minister Modi, he withdrew a total of Rs 89,000 for six months.
"Money came and I thought Modiji was giving money so I withdrew it. I didn't have money and it was a necessity," he said.
The mix-up was discovered last month after Hukum Singh (the one who went to Haryana to work) tried to withdraw money from the account. On finding the account had only Rs. 35,400 while there should have been Rs 1,40,000, he registered a complaint at SBI.
Hukum Singh alleged that the bank authorities tried to suppress the matter. SBI Alampur branch officials have acknowledged the error. However, the solution to the hassle is still not undertaken.