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| JCC Bank employees fraudulently withdraw Rs 2 lakh from customer's account | | 9 months on, no action taken against guilty | | G S Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 4: The Jammu Central Cooperative (JCC) Bank (Digiana) has come under scanner after a customer alleged that more than Rs 2 lakh were withdrawn from his account without his consent.
Vinod Kumar, son of Ishar Dass, of Digana, presently putting up at Gangyal, had lodged an FIR against the bank nearly nine months ago.
But since then neither the police nor the bank authorities have taken any action against the accused employees. They have not returned the money to the customer, either.
Vinod told Early Times that on 13/6/ 2014, he visited JCC bank's branch at Digiana to withdraw some money. He said he was shocked to find that all the money from his saving account had been withdrawn through fake cheques.
"When I enquired, the then bank manager said the money was withdrawn by my son Ashwini Kumar. But it was not the case and my son had never withdrawn any money," Vinod said.
He said that initially the bank authorities concealed the records but when he raised his voice the manager furnished account statements.
"I was shocked to find that five transactions totaling Rs 2,10,500 had been made through cheques and lose cheques with numbers 529040, 529760, 523474, 000541, and 000543," he said.
"According to norms, only the account holder can withdraw money through lose cheques that too after full scanning of his/her signature and photograph. But the bank authorities had been claiming that the money was handed over to my son and another person namely Amreek Singh. It's clear violation of norms by the bank employees and they should be punished for that," he said.
"Basically, cashiers Ramneek Singh and Kapil Sharma (presently posted at Samba) have been involved in the fraud and the former bank manager, Bharat Singh and the general manager are shielding the accused," he said.
"When I lodged complaint (FIR no. 146/2014) against JCC Bank, Digiana, under sections 420/ 467/ 468/146, the two cashiers came to my house in a Bolero (JK02AP-4787) and asked me to hush up the matter or else I would face serious consequences," Vinod said.
His son Ashwani said that rather than investigating the fraud, the police harassed him and forced him to confess that he had withdrawn the money "which was not the case."
The incumbent manager of the bank said the fraud was committed during his predecessor's tenure and the head office has already initiated an enquiry into it. |
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