Bank: Homemaker finds Rs 760 crore as she wanted to withdraw Rs 3,000
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A homemaker from Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, was left utterly shocked after discovering nearly 760 crore rupees in her bank account while attempting to withdraw a mere 3,000 rupees. Upon uncovering the massive balance, she and her family immediately informed the local police station and the relevant bank authorities. The police have launched an investigation into the matter.
According to reports from Indian media, Sharifa Khatun, a resident of Kalikapur village in the Bilborakopra region under Lalgola Police Station in Murshidabad, had 3,000 rupees sent to her account by her brother-in-law from Chennai last Saturday. When she went to withdraw the money and checked her account balance, she was stunned to see a staggering figure of 7,59,69,51,951.16 rupees displayed on the screen.
Seeing such an astronomical sum of money in a standard savings account triggered instant panic for Sharifa Khatun and her family members. Taking no risks, they immediately lodged a written complaint with the Lalgola Police Station and contacted bank officials.
The bank authorities instructed Sharifa Khatun to visit her home branch on Monday with all necessary documentation. Simultaneously, the local police have initiated an inquiry into the incident.
Banking experts initially suspect that this anomaly is the result of a major technical glitch or a software-related system error. System bugs can occasionally cause transaction IDs or other numeric codes to be erroneously mapped and displayed in the account balance field. The true cause will be confirmed once the bank completes its internal verification.
Interestingly, this is not an isolated incident in West Bengal. Similar cases recently came to light in Cooch Behar and Durgapur. In Cooch Behar, a schoolgirl discovered almost the exact same multi-crore figure in her account, while a homemaker in the Jateshwar area of Durgapur found around 740 crore rupees credited to hers. (Source: NDTV)
