20-year-old Noida man gets Rs 10,01,35,60,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,23,56,00,00,00,00,299 in dead mother's Kotak savings account. Here's how much that is
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In a strange turn of events, a 20-year-old man from Noida , Uttar Pradesh, was stunned to find an astronomical sum—over ₹1 septillion trillion—credited to his Kotak Mahindra Bank savings account.The total amount in question is in 37 digits - Rs 10,01,35,60,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,23,56,00,00,00,00,299.A journalist, Sachin Gupta, tweeted this earlier today. According to the tweet, the 20-year-old Deepak got this amount though he said it is about 1 billion 13 lakh 56 thousand crore rupees."My math is a bit weak. The rest of you can do the multiplication and division. Currently, the Income Tax Department is investigating. The bank account has been frozen," read the tweet.As per a report of News24, the 20-year-old was operating the account which originally belonged to his mother, Gayatri Devi, who passed away two months ago. On the night of August 3, Deepak received a notification showing a credit of ₹1.13 lakh crore (₹1,13,56,000 crore). Confused and alarmed, he shared the message with his friends, asking them to count the zeros.The next morning, Deepak went to the bank to verify the transaction. Bank officials confirmed the mind-boggling balance but informed him that the account had been frozen due to the suspiciously large deposit. The matter was immediately flagged to the Income Tax Department, which has now launched a formal probe.As the news spread rapidly, Deepak was bombarded with calls from relatives, friends, and neighbors. Unable to handle the sudden attention, he switched off his phone.Authorities are now investigating whether the transaction was a technical error, a banking glitch , or a possible case of money laundering. Officials say the true source of the funds will be known only after a thorough investigation.
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