Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A city-based student, who returned from Manchester in the UK after pursuing a post-graduate course on September 2, has been running from pillar to post get an FIR registered after allegedly being cheated of Rs 4.7 lakh.The victim, Syed Noman told TOI, My account with a private bank in India had Rs 4.7 lakh. I was in the classroom in Manchester when I received a message saying a tax of Rs 16,000 had been imposed for international use of my debit card.He added, I checked my account from the banks mobile app and found that five transactions, collectively worth Rs 4.7 lakh, were carried out on July 4 and 5 in Manchester and the current balance in the account is minus Rs 35,000.Noman had also reached out to authorities in Manchester, who advised him to get a case registered in India as the alleged fraud involves a bank based in India. They also told him that the case would then have to be forwarded to authorities in the UK to initiate an investigation there.Meanwhile, cyber police station inspector Pravina Yadav said a complaint in the case has been filed by Nomans mother on July 10 and the matter is being investigated by assistant inspector Amol Satodkar.The transactions indicate that there were multiple ATM withdrawals. We are checking if the card was cloned. We are also checking the claim of the student that he did not receive any SMS alert from the bank about withdrawal of the money, Satodkar said.He added that a challenge that was confronting the police is that the alleged fraud happened outside the country.Sources said the cyber police have reached out to the concerned bank in connection with the case.We also published the following articles recently20 lakh looted from Buxar bankUnidentified criminals looted approximately Rs20 lakh from a Punjab National Bank branch in Buxar district. The criminals arrived on motorbikes, held the bank staff hostage at gunpoint, and fled with the cash. The exact amount stolen is still unclear, but CCTV footage is being used to identify the criminals. In a separate incident, four men were arrested for robbing a fuel refilling station in Bhilwara, while six people were arrested for a robbery of Rs3.5 lakh in Lucknow.Bank official among 4 held for cyber fraudThe Ludhiana police have arrested four individuals, including a relationship manager from HDFC Bank, for their involvement in a cyber fraud racket. The accused transferred Rs 57 lakh from the bank account of an NRI settled in the UK using forged documents and netbanking. The main accused, along with a friend, sold the bank details of the NRI and transferred the money to different accounts. The police have recovered Rs 17.35 lakh in cash and frozen the accounts where the remaining funds are kept. Two other accused are still being searched for.There have been bigger comm bank scams in IndiaThe ruling CPM in Kerala is facing difficulties as the ED probes cooperative banks managed by the party. The Minister for Local Self-Government, MB Rajesh, blames the Centre for trying to disrupt the cooperative movements success in the state. He argues that larger scams have occurred in commercial banks. The cooperative movement is reportedly thriving and Rajesh believes the Centres attitude is unwarranted.

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