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| Bank employee withdraws Rs 3 lakh from widow's account | | Fraud surfaces in J&K Bank's Sunderbani branch | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, Oct 24: In a shocking incident of fraud, an employee of Jammu and Kashmir Bank of Sunderbani Branch of district Rajouri allegedly withdrew Rs 3 lakhs from an account of a widow.
As per information, Sheela Devi, who is a widow of Jatta Ram resident of Siot, having a bank account with Jammu and Kashmir Bank's Sunderbani Branch found that she has been defrauded of Rs 3 lakhs from her account.
Narrating her story to Early Times, Sheela Devi accused a bank employee Vikas of duping Rs 3 lakhs from her account, who used to operate her account in the bank. "I am an illiterate woman and my husband, who was a government employee died nearly 15 years ago and I am getting pension which is credited into JK Bank Sunderbani Branch in an account number (0093040600006501). I generally don't visit bank to withdraw money and only go there when some need arises and always withdraw a very small amount and never got updated my passbook. But to my surprise, when one day I visited the bank and asked for updating my account by entering transactions in my passbook, I found that Rs 3 lakhs have been withdrawn from the account," Sheela Devi alleged.
She further said that on raising alarm an employee came to her and asked about the problems and she narrated the matter. "I asked that employee to call another employee namely Vikas, who used to operate my account whenever she visited, then I was informed that he has been transferred to another branch. Immediately that employee called Vikas on his mobile and I talked him and in his conversation he admitted his mistake and he requested me not to complaint about it and assured that he will return her money soon," she said.
She said that after lot of phone calls, Vikas returned only Rs 1 lakh by depositing money in her account on October 16, 2019 but still Rs 2 lakh have not been returned by him till date. She alleged that there was an involvement of other employees of the branch also in this fraud as bank knows all about his fraud but has not taken any action. Although she called on the Branch Manager in this connection and complaint about it and after scrutinizing the facts, the Branch Manager admitted that the fraud has been done and demanded few days of time to resolve this matter.
Sheela Devi appealed to the Anti Corruption Bureau to take cognizance of the matter and demanded that a thorough inquiry be initiated into this matter and culprit employees should be booked and put them behind the bar for cheating gullible people. |
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