Bank officials accuse of embezzling 2 lac from decease person account

Shimla: In Shimla, two officials of the Bank of India located at Mall Road, activating the inactive account of a dead person and embezzling more than two lakh rupees. It is being told that the bank manager (administration and service) and special assistant, in collusion with each other, activated the inactive account of a deceased person’s account holder and embezzled more than two lakh rupees. The case was revealed when the bank’s enterprise fraud risk management system investigated the transactions. Actually, the account of the bank’s account holder, who died in 1992, had become inactive due to no transactions for a long time.

In the month of March, both officials fraudulently withdrew the amount two lakh eight thousand. The bank management was also stunned by their act. On the complaint of the bank’s senior branch manager, the police have registered a case against the accused bank manager Yogesh and special assistant Vijay under various sections, including fraud. The bank management has suspended both of the accused bank officials. This incident of fraud in Shimla has also shocked bank account holders.

According to the information, on March 11, 2024, the bank’s Enterprise Fraud Risk Management System sent a mail to the bank branch to check the authenticity of the transactions of the bank’s account holder, SP Madan. In the investigation, it was found that the account of the account holder was inactive for a long time, and more than two lakh rupees were deposited in it. Two bank officials, including Manager, Administration, and Service Yogesh and Special Assistant Vijay, deliberately activated the account by giving access. The accused bank officials grabbed two lakh eight thousand rupees from the account on the basis of false documents.

Bank of India Senior Branch Manager Ankush Rangta has lodged a complaint about this entire matter at Sadar Police Station Shimla. SP Shimla Sanjeev Gandhi says that the police have started action by registering a case against the accused bank officials under 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC, and 120B.