Chaos outside banks across the country for 3rd day

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Nov 12 2016 | 6:57 PM IST
A glass door of a bank in Kerala was broken and clashes with bank officials erupted in Gujarat sparking police action as the weekend rush added to the chaos over demonetisation across the country for the third day today with serpentine queues outside bank branches growing longer.
The endless wait to get valid currency notes was also taking a toll on people waiting for hours in long queues as there were reports of many elderly people collapsing out of fatigue.
Security was beefed up outside bank branches as millions of anxious people struggling to buy daily items waited for hours to exchange the banned Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes even as the ATMs went dry soon after they were stocked due to the huge rush.
"The crowd is more since it's a weekend and many people have an off today. The crowd is swelling by the hour," a senior police officer said in Delhi.
Enraged over not getting ration from a fair price shop due to shortage of cash, people at Bardaha village in Chhattarpur in Madhya Pradesh allegedly looted groceries from the outlet in protest. Police claimed there was no such incident.
To add to the misery of cash-strapped people, several ATMs were non-functional.
Angry customers waiting outside a branch of the State Bank of Travancore at Vavvakkam in Kollam district allegedly broke a glass door after it decided to down shutters due to heavy rush when around 200 persons were inside the premises.
Apparently angered over this, more than 200 persons who were waiting in the queue outside the branch allegedly broke a glass door of the bank, officials said, adding the situation is now under control.
At several places in Gujarat, people clashed with bank officials leading to police action including lathi-charge and detention.
At a bank branch at Shihori in Banaskantha district, police resorted to lathi-charge after people clashed with bank officials when they refused to dispense money.
Similar incident was reported at a bank branch in Abdasa in Kutch when people clashed with bank officials.

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First Published: Nov 12 2016 | 6:57 PM IST

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