Fraud held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 09 2015 :
A man who attempted to withdraw Rs 3,94,309 from SBI, MG Avenue using a counterfeit cheque was apprehended by the bank's staff today and handed over to City police station.
The apprehended fraud has been identified as Md Aslam alias Tompok (24) s/o Md Jalil of Lilong Haoreibi Turel Ahanbi, Thoubal district.
According to information culled from the spot, Md Aslam brought a cheque purportedly issued by the Airport Authority of India to Electricity Department and sought transfer of Rs 3,94,309 to his account opened at SBI, MU Branch.
Immediately, the staff on duty realized that Aslam's cheque was a counterfeit.
Two debit cards, one Aadhar card, one forged identity card purportedly issued by Electricity Department, one registration smart card of Honda Activa and Rs 1090 in cash were recovered from his possession.
Aslam confided that he came there to deceive the bank at the behest of one Rishikanta who works as an insurance agent at HDFC Bank and one Anwar of Kwakta.
It is reported that Rishikanta and Anwar stay together in a rented house at Hatta.
Anwar reportedly claimed that he had already withdrawn inflated amounts after changing Rs 10,000 to Rs one lakh or Rs 10 lakh as written in the withdrawal slip or cheque.
According to Aslam, he was sent to the bank with the counterfeit cheque by Anwar.