Fraud from dead person's account
Reported & Written By Kumud Sharma, Diary Times, Solan, June 12 :In Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla, a shocking case has come to light of two Bank of India officials colluding and withdrawing the entire amount from a dead account holder’s account after 32 years.
Bank of India’s manager (administration and service) and special assistant in collusion with each other have activated the inactive account of a dead account holder and withdrawn an amount of more than two lakh rupees.
The whole case was exposed when Bank of India’s Enterprise Fraud Risk Management System started an investigation after finding a major discrepancy in the transaction.
Let us tell you that the whole case is not from anywhere else but from Bank of India located on Mall Road in Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla.
It is worth mentioning that the account holder of Bank of India Mall Road, Shimla died thirty-two years ago in 1992, due to which the account of the deceased was deactivated by the Bank of India management due to lack of transactions for a long time.
But in the month of March of the year 2024, the manager (administration and service) and special assistant of Bank of India, Mall Road, Shimla, in collusion with each other, committed fraud and withdrew the deposit amount of two lakh eight thousand from the account of the deceased account holder and divided it among themselves.Now, after coming to light, the entire management of Bank of India Mall Road, Shimla is feeling ashamed due to the shameful acts done by both the officials.
On the complaint of the senior branch manager of Bank of India Mall Road Shimla, Shimla Police has started further action by registering a case against both the accused bank manager (administration and service) Yogesh and special assistant Vijay under various criminal sections along with fraud.
The Bank of India Mall Road Shimla management has issued suspension orders to both the accused bank officials with immediate effect.
This case of fraud by the bank officials in Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla has surprised even the account holders of Bank of India Mall Road Shimla who have been associated with bank for many years.
According to the information received about the entire case, on March 11, 2024, the Enterprise Fraud Risk Management System of Bank of India Mall Road, Shimla sent a mail to the Senior Branch Manager of Bank of India, Mall Road Shimla to investigate the irregularities in the transactions of SP Madan, an deceased account holder of Bank of India.Investigation by the Senior Branch Manager revealed that the account of Bank of India account holder SP Madan was inactive for the last thirty-two years and there was an amount of two lakh eight thousand rupees in it.
Further investigation revealed a big thing when it was found that two accused officials of Bank of India, Manager (Administration and Service) Yogesh and Special Assistant Vijay deliberately activated the account by giving access.
The accused withdrew Rs 2 lakh 8 thousand from the account of account holder SP Madan by showing false documents to the bank officials.
Senior branch manager of Bank of India Mall Road Shimla, Ankush Rangta has lodged a complaint regarding the entire fraud case with the Sadar police station in-charge.
A Shimla police officer said that a case has been registered against both the accused bank officials of Bank of India Mall Road, Shimla under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and investigation has been started.
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