Pharmacy worker in Chennai receives ₹753 crore in bank account due to technical glitch

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₹753 crore had been credited into his Kotak Mahindra Bank account. However, the Kotak Mahindra Bank branch in Teynampet, where the pharmacy worker has the account, froze it, saying the erroneous deposit was due to a technical glitch. Mohammad Idris (30), the pharmacy worker has been staying in the Teynampet area for the last 10 years.

Idris on Saturday morning had ₹3,000 in his bank account and had transferred ₹2,000 to one of his friends, after which he received the message about the whopping deposit. After receiving the credit message, Idris contacted the bank and enquired about it. In Tamil Nadu, this is the third incident in the last one-and-a-half month with several hundreds of crores being deposited into a commoner's bank account.

A day ago, a 29-year old man from Thanjavur had received ₹756 crore into his Kotak Mahindra Bank account. The money was later reverted back after he alerted the bank. In a similar incident, a month ago, a cab driver in Chennai had ₹9,000 crore credited into his account accidentally by Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank.