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The accused of the branch have unauthorizedly withdrawn money from the accounts of many customers. Information of some of these account holders is that Rs 4.70 lakh has been withdrawn from the account of Buta Singh (village Kauni), Rs 4.85 lakh from the account of Amrik Singh (village Dhilwa) and about Rs 1.20 lakh from another account. Apart from these accounts, investigation has also found that this fraud has been done in about 130 accounts.
Mathura News: A case of a massive scam of about Rs 100 crore has come to light in the Sadiq branch of State Bank of India (SBI) in the Faridkot district of Punjab. A bank clerk, Amit Dhingra, has been found involved in this fraud; he was arrested dramatically by the Punjab Police from Radha Valley Colony in Mathura on Wednesday. During the arrest, the accused threatened to commit suicide by jumping from the ninth floor, after which the police, fire department, and other officials took him safely into custody after 3 hours of effort.
The whole case of the scam
The matter came to light when many customers of the bank complained that there were unauthorized transactions from their accounts. Investigation revealed that an amount of about Rs 100 crore has been stolen from more than 130 accounts (mainly agricultural loan and fixed deposit accounts). Branch deputy manager Shashank Shekhar Arora had filed a fraud case of Rs 10 lakh against Amit Dhingra on July 21, but later it was found that the scam was much bigger than this.
Accused's actions and arrest
Amit Dhingra used fake documents to withdraw large amounts from customers' accounts. For example, Rs 4.70 lakh was found missing from customer Buta Singh's account, Rs 4.85 lakh from Amrik Singh's account, and Rs 1.20 lakh from another account. On July 22, when the police raided Amit's Mathura residence to arrest him, he threatened to commit suicide and pretended to jump from the ninth floor. After long efforts by the police and fire brigade, he was taken into safe custody.
Investigation and further action
The bank administration and police are conducting a detailed investigation in this case. CO Refinery Shweta Verma said that Amit may have committed this scam in connivance with some of his associates. Now the case is under the legal process, and after the arrest of the accused, all aspects of the scam are expected to be revealed.
This case highlights a serious security lapse in the banking system. The accused clerk misused his position and committed a massive fraud, in which the deposits of hundreds of customers have been affected. Now it remains to be seen how many more people get caught in the investigation and how much the bank is able to get the affected customers their money back.
