The government today said it will investigate the matter related to the SBI ATM in South Delhi dispensing fake 2,000 rupees notes. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar said, that all possible steps will be taken to control generation of counterfeit currency.

He said, the government is not perturbed by such stray incident but it should not have happened.

Yesterday, SBI had said that the possibility of fake notes from the bank’s ATMs is very remote and it suspects involvement of some miscreants with mischievous intent. It also said, the investigation in the matter is underway.

The incident took place on 6th of this month when a person visited the ATM at Sangam Vihar to withdraw money allegedly received four notes of 2,000 rupees with “Children Bank Of India written on them.