A special court in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Tuesday sentenced a cashier to seven years’ imprisonment for exchanging counterfeit notes with legal notes worth Rs 2.18 crore. Identification of the guilty officer b. Dinesh, who worked as Chief Cashier at the State Bank of Mysore (currently merged with State Bank of India) Periyapatna branch in Mysore district, Karnataka.
This whole incident is from the time when demonetisation was announced by the central government in the country. In which the old notes of 500 and 1000 rupees were taken out of circulation. Working as Chief Cashier in State Bank of Mysore in Mysore District, B. Dinesh had exchanged demonetised notes with valid notes of over Rs 2.18 crore (2,18,46,300) between November 10 and 23 in the year 2016.
When the matter of this fraud became public, the CBI arrested B. A case was registered against Dinesh. b, Dinesh was the first to be charged with exchanging out-of-circulation notes with valid ones, in violation of the notification of the Government of India, while holding the post of Chief Cashier. At the same time, the second allegation was that Dinesh had tampered with the amount / figures written on the deposit slips of the amount deposited by the customers of the bank in their accounts.
After investigation in this Popore case, CBI arrested accused B. Chargesheet was filed against Dinesh on 30 November 2017. In which the trial court found the accused guilty and convicted him. According to sources, B. Dinesh had exchanged notes with a moneylender and gold jeweler named Kumar. The accused behind this whole episode was offered attractive commission.
In this case, the CBI had registered an FIR for criminal conspiracy, cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery with accounts. After that the Deputy General Manager of the bank had also lodged a complaint. After which the matter went to the court and now a special court has given B. Dinesh has been sentenced to seven years in the case of exchange of counterfeit notes with legal notes.