Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 18: An ATM scam worth more than Rs 2.5 crores has surfaced in the filling of cash in the Automated Teller Machine of SBI Main Branch in Udhampur.
The fraud was deducted during monthly audit of the private agency ‘Check-Mate’ , which has been assigned the task of carrying and filling cash in the ATMs in the Udhampur town, SSP Udhampur, Suleman Choudhary told the Excelsior.
Acting swiftly on the written complaint by the ‘Check-Mate’, a formal case was registered at Udhampur Police Station, under Section 409 of RPC and one employee of the company was detained for questioning.
The private company, in its complaint, has pointed that two of their employees, identified as Vicky Kumar of Sui Udhampur and Sahil Sharma of Shakti Nagar Udhampur have probably swindled the money during the refilling of ATMs in the past one month.
Police has detained Vicky Kumar for questioning while Sahil Sharma was already absconding when the complaint was lodged with the Police.
“We are questioning the detained employee and the entire matter is being investigated thoroughly to find out if there was involvement of more persons in the case,” the SSP said.
During the monthly audit for April-May, the company detected some discrepancies in the amount deposited in the ATMs and what was shown on papers following which the complaint was lodged with Police.
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