Lakhs across the country have been queuing up outside banks, post offices and ATM to exchange their old currency notes.
In two separate incidents in Kerala, two people died during this wait.
The deceased are 48-year-old Unni KK from Thalassery in Kannur district and 75-year-old Karthikeyan from Harippad in Alappuzha district.
While Unni’s is suspected to be an accidental death, Karthikeyan collapsed to death, say police.
Unni, a KSEB employee fell from the third floor of SBT branch in Thalassery in Kannur district around 10 am on Friday. The bank, located on the second floor of the building, had been crowded since morning, say TV reports.
Police say witnesses recounted that Unni had walked up to the third floor after taking token to exchange Rs 5 lakh. He had availed this money as a loan from the same bank a day before demonetisation was announced.