Belagavi: The crores — all 87 lakh crores rupees — came and went in a jiffy. And the man at the ‘receiving’ end - a retired schoolteacher in Vijaypura - is now rueing his luck. Or the lack of it.
After all, the crores in his account were the result of a banking faux pas! It all happened when Mohan Naik swiped his ATM card to withdraw his monthly pension from his State Bank of India account and was stunned to find a balance of Rs 88 lakh crore! Seeing the unusually long line of zeros, Naik pressed the button again to check the balance.
He even obtained a mini-statement. For a moment, he felt like the richest man on Earth! He withdrew as much as he could, of course! After 48 hours of a free run though, it all came crashing down when bank officials froze his account! Now, he has to pay up.
Naik however, can’t help smiling. For two whole days, he had Rs 87,143106873650.70 cr in his account! There’s no beating that.
