Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 12: In a bank fraud case, the Crime Branch Jammu has booked an account holder as well as some officials of J&K Bank Branch Bakshi Nagar and Government Medical College, Srinagar.
A case under Section 420, 409,120-B RPC has been registered against one Irfan Bashir, holder of A/c number 03490401033246 in J&K Bank Branch Govt. Medical College, Srinagar and officials of the J&K Bank for cheating and withdrawing the amount by way of fraudulent means.
The case was registered following a written complaint by one Santosh Koul wife of Dr S K Khar of Flat number C-2 Dreamland Apartments, Sector 1-A Trikuta Nagar, Jammu who came to know through an SMS alert on her mobile phone that an amount of Rs 40,000 had been withdrawn from her SB (Pension) account in J&K Bank Branch Bakshi Nagar, Jammu.
On making enquiries from the Bank, she came to know that the said amount had been transferred through online banking into the account of one Irfan Bashir, holder of A/c number 03490401033246 in J&K Bank Branch Government Medical College, Srinagar, who had further withdrawn the said amount through his ATM card.
From the aforementioned facts and during the investigations, Crime Branch established that Irfan Bashir with malafide intentions and in connivance with the officials of the J&K Bank, Branch Bakshi Nagar, Jammu & Government Medical College, Srinagar had withdrawn the said amount by resorting to fraudulent means in order to cause wrongful loss to the complainant and wrongful gains to themselves.
On this a formal case was registered under the relevant Sections of law against the accused persons for further investigations.