A Punjab National Bank branch here has been fined by a consumer forum for incorrectly debiting Rs 15,000 from the account of a customer.
S K Yadav, Chairman Consumer Court of Shamli yesterday passed an order asking PNB, Shamli to give Rs 22,000 to the complainant within a month's time.
According to complainant Sube Singh, he had on January 5, 2013 tried to withdraw Rs 15,000 from a PNB branch ATM but the machine didn't dispense the amount.
However, Rs 15,000 was debited from his account.
The forum in its order termed it as a negligence on the part of the bank and asked it to pay the customer the fine amount within a month.
