Ludhiana: 4 insurance firm employees booked for fraudulently withdrawing cash

Ludhiana, November 7

The Ludhiana rural police have registered a fraud case against four employees of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance for fraudulently withdrawing Rs 14.20 lakh from the bank account of an NRI living in Canada.

The Jagraon police yesterday registered a case of fraud and criminal conspiracy against the four employees, Abhishek Walia of Hari Singh Nalua Chowk Raikot (then dy manager), Ankita (then cashier) of Avtar Nagar, Jalandhar, Deepak Bhatt (clerk) of Neelkanth Enclave, Dehradun, and Pawandeep Kaur of New Rajguru Nagar.

Complainant Mahinder Singh told the police that the complaint was submitted to the SSP, Ludhiana rural, after some fraudulent withdrawal was noticed in the account of Ramnik Toor, the NRI. “When the police started a probe, it was found that the accused had first got issued a cheque book in the name of the NRI and they withdrew three cheques worth Rs 14.20 lakh,” said the complainant.

ASI Surjit Singh said role of the accused was confirmed. Further probe was on. — TNS