10 months on, woman booked for duping bank

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 26

An unknown woman has been booked for submitting a fake cheque in a nationalised bank and getting around Rs 2.10 lakh transferred from a customer’s account. The bank, however, managed to recover Rs 1.75 lakh.

The fraud had taken place in May last year, after which cops investigated the matter and a case was registered on Monday.

According to the police, the complainant, Neha Sharma, Branch Manager, SBI, Sector 41, reported that a woman presented a forged cheque of a customer, Shiv Kumar Kausal, on May 15, 2018. The complainant alleged that the cheque that was presented over the counter appeared to be genuine and thus a payment of Rs 2.10 lakh was made.

The bank customer was shocked to receive an SMS about the unauthorised transfer of money on his registered mobile phone. The customer rushed to the bank and brought the fraud into the knowledge of bank officials.

The fraud was detected and Rs 1.75 lakh was recovered from the bank account to which the money was transferred.

After investigation, a case has now been registered under Sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector 39 police station.