Panchayat secretary gives ₹500, ₹1,000 notes to pensioners
The Panchayat secretary of Rafiganj, Bihar handed out old notes of ₹500 and ₹1,000 to more than 100 old-age pensioners. He had distributed demonetised notes worth nearly ₹2.5 lakh to the pensioners. The pension money was reportedly due since the last six months already. An FIR was filed against the secretary on the orders of the district magistrate.