Vemagal police in Kolar district have registered a case following a complaint filed by a bank manager in connection with an alleged incident of a cashier conniving with some customers to deposit counterfeit notes after demonetisation in November last year.
K.N. Shivakumar, manager of Canara Bank branch at Madderi, filed a complaint with Vemagal police against cashier Lakshman and customers Nanjunde Gowda and Appaji Gowda. A FIR has been registered following the complaint three days ago against the accused and all the three are absconding, Vemagal PSI Lakshminarayan told The Hindu on Monday.
Nanjunde Gowda deposited Rs. 3.93 lakh in six savings bank accountss of his family members on November 11 with the help of his brother Appaji Gowda. Out of it, Rs. 2.60 lakh is said to be counterfeit notes. The currency chest agency at Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) returned to the bank 51 notes of Rs. 500 denomination and five notes of Rs. 1,000 which were found to be fake.
Following this the manager filed a complaint with the police against the three. Lakshman has been accused of getting the counterfeit notes deposited even though he knew about it.
