Uttarakhand : Three bank officials arrested for fraudulently withdrawing lakhs from the account”
Central bank officials bought gold by withdrawing more than Rs 30.95 lakh from a bank account. The STF has arrested the Branch Manager, Assistant Branch Manager and an Assistant Field Officer in this case. The accused used to invest in gold by withdrawing money by changing the personal details of long-dormant accounts of the bank. Similar is the case of other bank branch also. STF is probing it.
SSP STF Ajay Singh said that in the past, Atul Kumar Sharma resident of Herbertpur, Vikasnagar lodged a case at Cyber Crime Police Station. He had told that his mother’s savings account is in the Central Bank of India branch in Herbertpur. Recently, Rs 30.95 lakh has been withdrawn through internet banking. He did not receive any SMS for this transaction. A case was registered in the cyber police station and investigation started. Initially the CCTV footage of the branch was seen. After this the account was checked and it was found that online gold is being bought with the money deposited in this account. The profit that is coming from this is not being deposited in it. After this the cyber police checked various wallets. In the initial investigation itself, the name of the bank branch manager Nischal Rathore resident of village Shahbazpur, Jinora, Badaun came to the fore. He told during interrogation that he used to choose those accounts in which no transactions are taking place for a long time. After this, he along with his bank’s assistant field officer Azam and assistant manager Kavish Dung made this plan.
On Tuesday, STF arrested branch manager Nischal Rathore from Karol Bagh in Delhi. Azam resident Indira Colony, Pantnagar Udham Singhnagar and Kavish Dang resident Vikasnagar have been arrested from Selakui. Laptops, tabs, SIM cards, passbooks etc. have been recovered from them.
