Honest carpenter returns Rs 59.30 crore in Gujarat
Honest carpenter returns Rs 59.30 crore in Gujarat
By our correspondent
Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat, 16 October, 2009
Carpenter Jugal Kishor with his bank statement that shows Rs.59.30 crore balance
Juagal Kishor Ganpatlal is carpenter by profession. He is originally from Rajasthan but settled in Ahmedabad for many years. Jugal Kishor earns monthly maximum 8 to 10,000. His bank acount is in Punjab National Bank(PNB)’s Bodakdev branch.
On Thursday morning when Jugal Kishor went to PNB ATM in New Cloth Market of the city, he was surprised as he found Rs. 59.30 crore deposit in his bank account.
Shocked he then checked the deposit in his account at another ATM in Vanijya Bhavan. But even here he found Rs. 59.30 crore balance.
Jugal Kishor then contacted his friend Anuj Shekhavat and informed him about this strange surprise. Anuj Shekhavat contacted Chartered Accountant Purushottam Khandelwal who then contacted Gujarat Chamber of Commerce. The PBN authorities were informed and called to the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce.
Deputy General Manager of PNB Shri A.K.Raychaudhari later clarified that such a big mistake happened due to error in server for an hour in the morning.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:06 am
IS THEIR ANY THING REWARDS GIVEN TO JUGAL KISHORE BY BANK?
October 16th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
THERE ARE STILL HONEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD…..
I THINK THIS HONEST PERSON MAY NOT BE “CONGRSSEE “……
JAY SHREE KRISHNA…
October 17th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Its really stupid. There might be hundreds ppl working on the banks database system 24-7 and still this error occured.
Thanks for that honest guy. It was a huge amount. Almost 57 CR.
October 17th, 2009 at 3:33 am
Sorry. It was a typo. Its almost 60CR not 57CR
October 18th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
આજ કાલ ના ભૂખ્યા રાજ નેતાઓ કઈક શીખશે?
October 19th, 2009 at 3:00 am
i think anybody would have done the samething…if it was small amount people dont report it…but such a hughe amount like this…people get scared of getting caught and sent to jail