Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, Jan 31: |A major financial fraud has surfaced in Punjab National Bank (PNB) branch, Reasi, where an employee allegedly transferred over Rs 86 lakh from customers’ accounts into his own.
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SSP Reasi, Paramvir Singh confirmed that Police have registered a case FIR in this regard and started investigation even as the accused employee was not yet arrested.
Official sources told the Excelsior that the accused, identified as Nitin Bangotra from Krishna Nagar, Jammu, has been working at PNB’s Reasi branch for over a year.
The matter came to light after a customer noticed unauthorized transaction of Rs 20 lakh from his PNB bank account. On being inquired, the bank authorities detected discrepancies in the cash record and reported the matter to higher officials as well as the police.
As per the complaint filed by the PNB Branch Manager, Sunil Kumar, the accused employee Nitin Bangotra has committed frauds in saving accounts of the bank and transferred approximately Rs 86.34 lakh from various accounts of different customers to his accounts in the J&K Bank Ltd and J&K Grameen Bank.
On receiving the complaint, a case FIR No. 18/2025, under section 316(5)/318(4)/ BNS has been registered at Police Station Reasi for further investigation.
Besides, sources said, the bank is also conducting an internal inquiry, and affected customers are being identified.
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