Two Class 6 students turn millionaires after Rs 96 crore deposit in bank accounts

Team Udayavani, Sep 16, 2021, 3:21 PM IST

Two class six students in Bihar’s Bagahura Panchayat turned millionaires overnight after over Rs 96 crores totally were credited into their bank accounts.

On September 15 an amount of Rs 6,20,11,100 and Rs 90,52,21,223 was credited to bank accounts of Ashish Kumar and Gurucharan Biswas respectively.

Confirming the same, Udayan Mishra, the district magistrate of Katihar said that the amount is reflecting in the mini statements and senior officials of the Uttar Bihar Gramin bank were informed of this.

Upon learning the same, bank officials put the accounts on freeze and stopped withdrawal. “When inquired with the parents of the children, they were also unable to reveal the source of the fund. Now, we are investigating the matter to find out who is the sender,” said M.K. Madhukar, the LDM of Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank.

In a similar instance, Ranjit Das of Bihar’s Khagaria district had received Rs 5.5 lakh in his Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank account recently.

The man claimed that he thought it to be the first installment of Rs 15 lakh promised by PM Modi to every citizen. He refused to return the money to the bank stating that he had spent it. Das was arrested by the police on basis of an FIR lodged by bank’s manager.