<p>Janjgir-Champa: A fake branch claiming to be of the State Bank of India (SBI) was unearthed in Chhattisgarh’s Sakti district following which police booked its three operators, a police official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The bogus branch was being run in Chhapora village under Malkharauda police station limits, Sakti Additional Superintendent of Police Rama Patel said. Sakti, adjoining Janjgir-Champa district, is around 200 km from the state capital Raipur.</p>.Anupam Kher replaces Gandhi: Fake currency notes with veteran actor's image seized in Gujarat.<p>The fraudulent banking unit was set up in a rented shop in a commercial complex on September 18, with posters and banners of SBI installed there, she said.</p>.<p>Suspecting something was phoney, some locals complained about it. A team from SBI’s regional office in Korba inspected the branch and found it to be fake, she said.</p>.<p>After being alerted by the public sector bank on Friday, police raided the place, the official said.</p>.<p>Five employees were found to be working in the fake branch. They claimed to have been hired through interviews, Patel said, adding that the employees are currently being interrogated.</p>.<p>Police have seized computers and other materials from the fake branch.</p>.<p>A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against its three operators, including a person who claimed to be the manager and was said to be the mastermind of the fraud, the official said.</p>.<p>Efforts are being made to trace the accused, another police official said.</p>.<p>A probe is underway to ascertain how many people opened accounts with the fake branch and how much money the conmen collected from them, he said. </p>
<p>Janjgir-Champa: A fake branch claiming to be of the State Bank of India (SBI) was unearthed in Chhattisgarh’s Sakti district following which police booked its three operators, a police official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The bogus branch was being run in Chhapora village under Malkharauda police station limits, Sakti Additional Superintendent of Police Rama Patel said. Sakti, adjoining Janjgir-Champa district, is around 200 km from the state capital Raipur.</p>.Anupam Kher replaces Gandhi: Fake currency notes with veteran actor's image seized in Gujarat.<p>The fraudulent banking unit was set up in a rented shop in a commercial complex on September 18, with posters and banners of SBI installed there, she said.</p>.<p>Suspecting something was phoney, some locals complained about it. A team from SBI’s regional office in Korba inspected the branch and found it to be fake, she said.</p>.<p>After being alerted by the public sector bank on Friday, police raided the place, the official said.</p>.<p>Five employees were found to be working in the fake branch. They claimed to have been hired through interviews, Patel said, adding that the employees are currently being interrogated.</p>.<p>Police have seized computers and other materials from the fake branch.</p>.<p>A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against its three operators, including a person who claimed to be the manager and was said to be the mastermind of the fraud, the official said.</p>.<p>Efforts are being made to trace the accused, another police official said.</p>.<p>A probe is underway to ascertain how many people opened accounts with the fake branch and how much money the conmen collected from them, he said. </p>