Mohali: Former bank manager booked for fraud

  • | Friday | 16th November, 2018

MOHALI: The police here have booked a former manager of ICICI bank 's Mullanpur branch for allegedly withdrawing Rs 1.36 crore from the saving accounts of 12 customers. During his five-year stint as bank manager at ICICI's Mullanpur branch, the accused had withdrawn the said amount from 12 savings accounts. The accused was fired as the fraud came to light.The SHO said a case has been registered under relevant sections of the IPC and the IT Act. A case of fraud has been registered against the man. Moreover, charges under relevant sections of the IT Act have been pressed against him at the Mullanpur police station.According to the police, the accused has been identified as Kulpreet Singh Makkar of Zirakpur.

MOHALI: The police here have booked a former manager of ICICI bank 's Mullanpur branch for allegedly withdrawing Rs 1.36 crore from the saving accounts of 12 customers. A case of fraud has been registered against the man. Moreover, charges under relevant sections of the IT Act have been pressed against him at the Mullanpur police station.According to the police, the accused has been identified as Kulpreet Singh Makkar of Zirakpur. During his five-year stint as bank manager at ICICI's Mullanpur branch, the accused had withdrawn the said amount from 12 savings accounts. The fraud came to light in April this year, when the account holders approached the higher bank authorities, folowing which the deputy branch manager lodged a complaint with senior superintendent of Mohali police.Misusing the account details of these customers, Makkar allegedly used to withdraw the money using forged documents and deposited the same into other accounts which he had created for fraud transactions.Mullanpur SHO inspector Rajesh Asteer said a bank official had filed a complaint on April 24, 2018, stating that the branch manager allegedly committed a fraud of Rs 1.36 crore. The accused was fired as the fraud came to light.The SHO said a case has been registered under relevant sections of the IPC and the IT Act.

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