Nohradhar Cooperative Bank scam: Assistant manager arrested, embezzled Rs 4 crore by opening fake KCC accounts

Sangrah, August 25: The police has arrested the assistant manager accused in the scam of crores in Nohradhar Cooperative Bank. On Friday, the police sent a team to raid the house of the accused, but he was not found on the spot. The accused was arrested on Saturday. It is being told that the accused had applied for bail from the High Court, but he did not get bail from the High Court. Sirmaur Superintendent of Police Raman Kumar Meena has confirmed the case in a press release.

Actually, the assistant manager is accused of embezzling an amount of about four crores by opening fake accounts of Kisan Credit Card (KCC). On August 5, the District Office Nahan received information about suspicious transactions in the branch office Nohradhar. After preliminary investigation, the matter was sent to the Data Center in Shimla for investigation. On August 8, Data Center Shimla informed that several fake accounts of Kisan Credit Card have been opened in Nohradhar branch.

The investigation found that Assistant Manager Jyoti Prakash, misusing his powers, transferred an amount of about Rs 4.02 crore to fake accounts and closed it by depositing it in various accounts. On August 10, a case was registered against the Assistant Manager at Sangdah Police Station.

Given the seriousness of the investigation, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed under the leadership of SDPO Sangrah. During the investigation, the accounts opened by Jyoti Prakash in various banks were examined, and his transaction accounts were frozen. The investigation also revealed that Jyoti Prakash, while working in this branch since 2012, kept the FDRs and cheque books of the people with him and gained the trust of the people.

On August 24, Jyoti Prakash was arrested at Police Station Sangrah. The bank is being audited in this case, only after which it will be known where this amount came from and to whom it was given. On Sunday, accused Jyoti Prakash will be produced in court and taken on police remand. The Superintendent of Police said that the investigation of the case is going on and other culprits are being identified.

Let us tell you that on August 23, a big outrage rally was taken out in the main market on the call of the local Vyapar Mandal against the arrest of the accused assistant manager and delay in investigation. Hundreds of people from various panchayats participated in the rally and also raised slogans against the bank management. During this, police force from Sangrah police station was also deployed on the spot, so that law and order could be maintained. The protesters said that all their money should be returned and the investigation of the scam should be expedited. The President of the Vyapar Mandal invited leaders of all parties to participate in the rally, in which BJP’s Renuka candidate Narayan Singh also participated and he talked about supporting the people.