Bihar Youth Faints After Finding Rs 68 Lakh In Account, Had Gone To Withdraw Rs 500

Sheikhpura: A young man from Bihar got the shock of his life at a customer service point in Sheikhpura. Manish Paswan of Rampur village in Ariyari block had gone to withdraw just Rs 500 from his account. The operator checked his balance and told him he had Rs 68 lakh sitting in his account. Manish could not believe it. The operator checked again and again and kept getting the same number. The moment it sank in, Manish fainted right there.

What he did next?

When he came around, he did not try to hide it or spend the money. He went straight to the branch manager of Central Bank of India and reported what had happened. Bank officials were equally stunned. Since it was Sunday, Manish has been called to the branch on Monday for a full inquiry. Police have also been informed and both agencies are now trying to figure out where the money came from. Manish himself suspects someone may have transferred the amount into his account as part of a larger fraud operation and used his account as a conduit.

Earllier happened as well?

This kind of incident has happened before in Bihar and the numbers have been even more jaw-dropping. In Nawada a woman suddenly found Rs 740 crore in her account. In Katihar a rickshaw puller had Rs 759 crore transferred into his account. In Muzaffarpur a father and son together found Rs 1,500 crore sitting in their accounts. In all these cases bank officials were alerted and the money was eventually reversed. But the question that nobody has been able to fully answer is where this money keeps coming from. Is it a cyber fraud network using ordinary people's accounts to park illegal funds? Or is it some kind of government transfer error? All the cases are under investigation and no clear pattern has been established yet.