Fraudulently withdrawn
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, November 14 2014 : A sum of Rs two lakh has been withdrawn fraudulently from the MG Avenue branch of UBI without any knowledge of the account holder.

Even as the account holder has lodged complaints, the authorities concerned have been paying no heed, said Kanglei Indigenous Martial Arts and Cultural Society (KIMACS) general secretary Ningombam Naobi.

Speaking to media persons at Manipur Press Club here today, Naobi said that Ningthoujam Indrakumar who retired as a Grave IV employee from Government Dance College in February this year has a bank account in the UBI branch.

A sum of Rs two lakh was deposited against his account number from the pension scheme.

As Indrakumar was unwell at the time, he sent his son Heman to encash the amount with a cheque of Rs two lakh signed by himself on October 3 .

But one high ranking official of the bank told Heman that the signature appended on the cheque was not similar with the signature they have in their register.

Heman then consulted one Keisham Lokeshore who is a staff of the same bank.

Lokeshore again told Heman that the cheque could not be encashed.

He also asked Heman to give back both the cheque and the token.

Accordingly, Heman gave him both the cheque and token and came back.

As Indrakumar's family was in need of money, they withdrew money from ATM booths and the money thus withdrew totalled Rs one lakh by October 15.Before that he had Rs 3,62,197 in his bank account.

Again, Indrakumar's family went to withdraw money on October 30 and they discovered that Rs two lakh has been withdrawn from his account.

Immediately, a mini statement was drawn from the ATM booth and it revealed that Rs two lakh was withdrawn on October 24 .

But when they complained to the bank authority, the officers maintained that they could not do anything on the matter.

They, nonetheless, assured that they would inform the matter to the higher authority.

On enquired about the matter, Lokeshore who took back the cheque and the token, denied having any knowledge and challenged Indrakumar's family to take their complaint to anyone they wished.

Meanwhile, a complaint has been filed at City police station about the fraudulent withdrawal.

The bank authority should find out who withdrew the sum of Rs two lakh by December 6 else befitting measures would be initiated against the bank, Naobi said.

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