Frauds held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 10 2020:
Thoubal police today arrested two persons who fraudulently siphoned money from the bank account of a pensioner.
The arrested persons have been identified as Feroz Khan (33) s/o Mantussar Ali of Lilong Tamyai and Hamidul Rahman s/o (L) Nur Mohammad of Lilong Usoipokpi Makha near Powerhouse.
Ningthoujam Biramangol Singh (63) of Khangabok Part 2 lodged a complaint at Thoubal Police Station saying that his ATM was fraudulently exchanged with a blocked card and approximately Rs 6.5 lakh from his account were missing.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused persons had exchanged the card of the complainant with a blocked card they found abandoned in an ATM booth at Wangjing, said a police source.
They had also stealthily seen the ATM pin while helping the victim inside the ATM Booth in front of DC Thoubal for money withdrawal, the source said.
They siphoned off a total of Rs 6,40,000 over a period of 32 days by withdrawing 20,000 everyday from different ATM booths in Kakching, Yairipok, Imphal etc.
They also used the card at petrol pumps spending an amount of Rs 28,370.The total amount siphoned off from the bank account is Rs 6,68,370, the source added.
The police are in the process of recovering the money.
The arrested persons will be produced before the Court for police custody for further investigation.