Bank error strikes again: Over 900 crores wrongly sent to Bihar school boys

In a second incident of its kind, two school-going boys from Bihar's Katihar district found their accounts laden with crores of rupees overnight.

The school boys from Pastiya village who have accounts in Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank were expecting to get some money under a government scheme to buy school uniform and pay for related expenses.

To their utter surprise, the boys found out that over 900 crore rupees were transferred to them when they checked their account at a SBI-run internet centre.

Class 6 student Ashish found himself rich by over ₹ 6.2 crore while another schoolboy, Guru Charan Vishwas, was surprised to see over ₹ 900 crore in his account.

Katihar District Magistrate Udayan Mishra said the branch manager has informed them about some glitch in the computerised system of sending money. The amount was visible in their statements but the actual money wasn't in their account. The bank is investigating the transactions.

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A similar incident was earlier reported in Khagaria where a tutor received ₹5.5 lakh in his account due to bank error. The man from a village on Patna's outskirts was sent to jail for not returning the money, claiming the amount was government relief sent by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.