AP:Man drops Rs 100 crore cheque in temple hundi, but bank account has only Rs 17

AP:Man drops Rs 100 crore cheque in temple hundi, but bank account has only Rs 17

Officials counting donations at a temple in Andhra Pradesh were surprised to see a cheque for Rs 100 crore on Wednesday. According to a report in Deccan Chronicle, the cheque was made out to Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vari Devasthanam, Simhachalam, in Visakhapatnam. It was discovered during the counting of offering in hundi on Wednesday.

The devotee who made the cheque was identified as one Boddepalli Radhakrishna. It later emerged that he had only Rs 17 in his bank account, and the cheque, if temple officials had chosen to cash it, would have bounced.

Temple officials also noticed that the cheque did not have a date mentioned on it. Moreover, there was a correction in the amount written on the cheque, according to a report in The Hindu.