The CBI had found that 2,441 new accounts were opened by State bank officials between 8 November and 31 December. Photo: MintNew Delhi: Over 2,000 fresh accounts were opened in a Bareilly branch of State Bank of India (SBI) post- demonetisation till 31 December to allegedly channelise black money in which at least Rs8 crore were deposited in old notes, a CBI probe has found. The CBI has now registered an FIR against unknown bank officials and unknown persons for criminal conspiracy, cheating and corruption. Also Read: Large banksThe CBI had found that 2,441 new accounts were opened by bank officials between 8 November and 31 December. Out of these accounts, 667 were savings accounts, 53 were current, 94 were Jan Dhan accounts, 50 PPF, 1,518 FD, 13 festival accounts, two senior citizen accounts and one government account.

Source: Mint April 09, 2017 08:15 UTC