Tamil Nadu teen fails to land dream job at SBI, opens his own branch

CUDDALORE: The Panruti police on Saturday arrested three people for attempting to run a fake State Bank of India branch at Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.
A 19-year-old teen, the brain behind the audacious idea, decided to take things into his own hands after he failed to land his dream job at the bank..

The arrested were identified as S Kamal Babu, 19, A Kumar, 42, who printed counterfeit withdrawal and deposit slips, and M Manickam, 52, who made fake rubber stamps.
The arrests came after SBI Panruti branch manager Venkatesan lodged a complaint on the ‘functioning’ of a fake ‘North Bazaar branch of SBI’ at the teen boy’s house. Inquiries revealed that Kamal Babu’s parents were retired SBI employees and the boy used to frequent the bank branches where his parents worked.
His attempts to get a job in the bank on compassionate grounds after his father’s death in 2007 turned futile as he was a minor then. His mother, too, was in service in SBI.
Panruti inspector Ambedkar said the teen claimed to have sent an email to the SBI headquarters pleading for a job on compassionate grounds and the bank rejected citing he was a minor. Ambedkar said the teen sent another email after he completed 18 years but did not get any response from the bank. It was then he decided to realize his dream of working in a bank by setting up a fake SBI branch at his house. Police arrested the trio for forgery, possessing counterfeit seal, and making false document. A magistrate ranted them bail. An SBI spokesperson said the bank does not have any power to monitor such incidents, and has nothing to do with such fraudsters.