Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Rs 7.40 Crore Counterfeit Currency Unearthed at PNB Chest
Police found fake banknotes worth about Rs 7.40 crore at a Punjab National Bank facility.
The facility is called a currency chest.
It is located in Saharanpur.
The discovery was reported on Tuesday.
A case was filed at Sadar Bazar Police Station on Monday.
Three bank officials and a housekeeper were booked.
The bank suspended three of its officials.
A bank officer named Arun Kumar Chaubey filed the complaint.
The reports do not say who made the fake notes or how they entered the facility.
Counterfeit banknotes with a face value of around Rs 7.40 crore were found at a Punjab National Bank currency chest in Saharanpur.
The discovery was reported by police on Tuesday after the notes were found at the bank facility.
Three bank officials and a housekeeper were booked at Sadar Bazar Police Station on Monday.
PNB suspended senior divisional manager Ravi Kumar Kase and currency chest managers Sushil Sharma and Amit Kumar.
The officials were named in a complaint filed by PNB nodal officer Arun Kumar Chaubey.
- Who
- Three PNB officials and a housekeeper were booked; PNB officials Ravi Kumar Kase, Sushil Sharma and Amit Kumar were suspended.
- What
- Counterfeit banknotes with an approximate face value of Rs 7.40 crore were found.
- When
- The case was lodged on Monday, and police reported the discovery on Tuesday.
- Where
- At a Punjab National Bank currency chest in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under Sadar Bazar Police Station.
- Why
- The articles do not state why the counterfeit notes were present or who produced them.
- Counterfeit currency value
- Around Rs 7.40 crore in face value
- Bank
- Punjab National Bank
- Location
- Saharanpur
- Police station
- Sadar Bazar Police Station
- People booked
- Three bank officials and one housekeeper
- Suspended officials
- Ravi Kumar Kase, Sushil Sharma and Amit Kumar
- Complaint filed by
- PNB nodal officer Arun Kumar Chaubey