Indian Bank Rejects Dead Father’s Cash For Family, Demonetization Chaos Continues

Indian Bank Rejects Dead Father’s Cash For Family, Demonetization Chaos Continues

Shivcharan Singh Maran, a father of a small household who died at the age of 93, left 50,000 rupees, hereinafter Rs, in 500 Rs banknotes for his family before he passed away. The bundle of cash worth $750 was rejected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) because 500 banknotes were previously demonetized by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Strategy for the government, tragedy for the famil. Mastan, the son of Shivcharan, discovered a bundle of cash amidst cleaning the room of his father after his death. The bundle of cash was found in sets of 500 Rs banknotes hidden in a closet of the....


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