Latest News | Thane: On Pretext of Exchanging Rs 500 Notes, Man Dupes Bank Cashier of Rs 24,000

Thane, Aug 17 (PTI) An unidentified man has been booked for cheating a bank cashier of Rs 24,000 after seeking to exchange Rs 500 notes with denominations of Rs 200 and Rs 100, a Thane police official said on Thursday.

The accused came to a cooperative bank on August 14 and told the cashier he would choose the Rs 500 notes of his choice, after which the latter handed him a bundle of 96 notes totalling Rs 48,000, the Kasarwadavali police station official said.

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"The accused managed to walk away with 48 notes of Rs 500 denomination even before the cashier could realise the trick. We have registered a case and efforts are on to nab the accused, who is in his mid-thirties," the official said.

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