This Kanpur Woman becomes worlds richest for few minutes

A daily wage labourer finds Rs. 9 Crore credited into her bank account by mistake.

Urmila, a daily wage labourer finds Rs. 9 Crore credited into her account by mistake. She barely earns Rs.3000 per month but a mistake by the bank made her the richest person in the world.

However,  her happiness was shot lived as her account has been freezed till further notification. A native of a small village of Kanpur district, Urmila went to the UPSIDC branch of the State Bank of India on July 24 to get her pass book updated.

She had Rs.3000 in her account and after getting her account updated, she could not read the amount."It was a 17 digit amount and failing to read it, I again went to the clerk and he informed me that I have Rs.9,57,000 Crore in my account", a bewildered Urmila said.

The amount was credited in her account on July 21. "I was also informed by the bank that since I have not filed my KYC(Know your customer),  my withdrawal limit has been fixed to Rs.9.99 Lakhs", she said.

It is to be mentioned that Urmila's riches' were more than those of Bill Gates, Mukesh Ambaniand Laxmi Niwas Mittal brought together. However, as the news spread, panic struck senior bank officials who started finding out the error.

"The main server of the bank is in Mumbai and it is a technical error. We have informed the matter to the head office and the amount will soon be reverted", Rajendra Awasthi, a senior official of the bank said.