KHARGONE: Barely week after farmers received newly printed Rs 2000 notes without the image of Mahatma Gandhi from a State Bank of India branch in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh, similar nature of incident reported at Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh.
The incident reported at Segoan village of Khargone district where person received misprinted new currency notes of Rs 500 denominations, with one blank side, forcing the banks to replace them and inform the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday.
According to the complainant, Hemant Soni withdrew Rs 1500 from a State Bank of India ATM and left shocked after he found that two of the currency notes were blank on one side.
"The print was proper on the side where Mahatma Gandhi's photograph was printed. The other portion was blank," Soni said. He immediately reported the matter to the bank, following which the notes were replaced.
SBI's Khargone currency chest in-charge PS Panwar said, "Around 4 misprinted currency notes with one side blank, were received and replaced. We tried to ensure that the customers don't have any trouble."
He said the matter has been reported to RBI.
Similar incident was reported in Khargone city when one Gajendra Singh of Mohammadpura, withdrew Rs 4500 from an ATM in New Radhavallabh Market. "One of the Rs 500 currency notes was misprinted," he said.
Singh reported the matter to SBI branch manager Jitendra Verma, who assured him that the currency note will be replaced.
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