Patna: One held as two more cases of illegal transactions surface

PATNA: Two fresh incidents of fraudulent transactions from the bank accounts of an industrialist and a woman were reported to the Patna police in the last 24 hours. Of these, one took place in the main branch of the State Bank of India at Gandhi Maidan on Thursday.
In less than a month, at least eight cases have surfaced in which fraudulent transactions were either made successfully through forged bank cheques or attempts were made to do so in the state capital.
According to Ranjeet Vats, the SHO of Gandhi Maidan police station, one Ranjan Kumar was arrested when he tried to withdraw Rs 1.75 lakh from the account of an industrialist, Ankur Parliwal (34).
“Ranjan was given the cheque by Prem Kumar, who used to handle Parliwal’s accounts and was fired two years ago. The bank authorities decided to contact the industrialist before making the transaction due to a signature mismatch. They also informed police and Ranjan was arrested,” the SHO said, adding that Prem was evading arrest.
In another incident, a sum of Rs 5 lakh was allegedly withdrawn via RTGS with the help of a cloned cheque from the PNB account of one Champa Devi. An FIR in this regard was registered with the Pirbahore police station on Wednesday night.
SHO Rizwan Ahmed Khan said, “The money was transferred to the account of one Ranveer Kumar. The matter is still being investigated.”
Champa’s son Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who is a trader, told TOI on Thursday that his mother had issued the cheque to a relative, Arun Kumar, a fortnight back.
“A forged cheque, bearing the serial number of the one issued to our relative, was used to make the transaction. Now, the authorities are alleging that my mother had issued the cheque,” Agarwal rued.