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Kolkata ATM fraud: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee blames demonetisation

But the only problem is that an international gang of fraudsters has been linked to the crime and taken into custody

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at the flagging off event for a fleet of new passenger buses and fire brigade vehicles, in Howrah near on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at the flagging off event for a fleet of new passenger buses and fire brigade vehicles, in Howrah near on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Business Standard New Delhi
A large-scale ATM fraud was busted in Kolkata after approximately Rs 2 million were siphoned off in recent weeks. A special investigation team of Kolkata Police arrested two Romanian nationals from south Delhi in connection with the alleged fraud. So far so good. In a twist to the tale, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee indicated that the demonetisation drive of 2016 might have something to do with it. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s move that wiped off 86 per cent of the currency notes in circulation created nervousness and uncertainty among people leading to such frauds, she hinted. But

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