The Thane Police in Maharashtra have booked an unidentified man for allegedly cheating a bank cashier of Rs 24,000 after seeking to exchange Rs 500 notes with denominations of Rs 200 and Rs 100, a Thane police official said on Thursday, reported the PTI.

The accused came to a cooperative bank on August 14 and told the cashier he would choose the Rs 500 notes of his choice, after which the latter handed him a bundle of 96 notes totalling Rs 48,000, the Kasarwadavali police station official told the PTI.