Man arrested for refusing to return money credited to his bank account erroneously

He did not return ₹5.5 lakh, saying ‘money was sent by Narendra Modi govt as he had promised to give ₹15 lakh to everyone’s bank account’

A private tutor in Bihar’s Khagaria district has been arrested for refusing to return ₹5.5 lakh credited to his bank account erroneously by the bank. Despite several notices served to him by bank officials, he did not return the money, saying the “money was sent by the Narendra Modi government as promised by him to give ₹15 lakh to everyone’s bank account”.

The bank complained to the police, who arrested Ranjit Das on September 14. The next day he was sent in judicial custody by the local court.

Mr. Das, a native of Bakhtiyarpur village under the Mansi police station, received the money in his South Bihar Gramin Bank account due to some technical error. Once the bank detected it, he was sent as many as six notices to return the money, but he refused.