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Rs 2 crores cash missing in JK Bank Rajouri Jawaharnagar branch
Home probe begins, action after findings: DGM
7/19/2011 10:45:44 PM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Rajouri, July 19: At least Rs two crores cash is missing from Jawahernagar branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Rajouri for which the higher authorities of the bank have ordered a probe.
The authorities came in to action only after some account holders of the bank took serious note of the matter.
Despite the serious sensitivity of the matter, the authorities kept silence for several months and no FIR was registered in this connection so far .
Sources said , at least Rs two crores of cash have been drawn from Jawahernagar branch of Jammu Kashmir Bank in border district Rajouri in the name of fake PCLs and loans . The matter came to light when some government employees came to know that amount in lakhs have been drawn from the bank in their names as PCL for which they had never applied. Similarly, some account holders came to know that lakhs of rupees have been shown as loan in their names for which they never applied .
When calculated , the total amount drawn from the bank branch surfaced Rs two crores cash.
Sources said that the local bank authorities knew this matter much earlier but they kept criminal silence and tried to settle the matter with in but all in vain because no body agreed to deposit such a huge amount in the bank .
However, the matter came to public only few days back after some account holders came to know about the development . Finally, feeling heat of the account holders the authorities accepted reality and ordered a probe of which the findings were still awaited as these lines were being filled to press .
Deputy general Manager( DGM) of the bank headquartered at Rajouri when contacted on his cell phone confirmed the reports and said that action would be taken against all those found responsible for this but only after the findings of the probe committee .
DGM refused to divulge the details of the exact amount missing from the bank saying that it all would be shared only after the completion of the investigations.
He also avoided the question that why they kept silence for a long period of time and didn’t report the mater to police .
However, sources say that the amount drawn from the bank branch is more than two crores and some big fishes are also involved in the scandal .
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