Five booked for Rs46-lakh fraud

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, February 19

Five persons have been booked for duping a resident of Rampura Phul of Rs 46 lakh.

In his complaint with the police, Birbal Dass, a resident of Rampura Phul, stated that he was into a business and his partners, Sanjiv Kumar, Neena Bansal, Prem Lata, residents of Rampura, Vipin Kumar and Rakesh Kumar, residents of Bhairupa village, fraudulently withdrew Rs 46 lakh from the a bank account of his family members.

A case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the accused at the Rampura City police station.

A police official said they had started a probe after lodging the case. However, no arrest has been made so far.