A bizarre case of withdrawal through the numbers of cancelled cheques has come to light in Daltonganj. The cheques bearing the same numbers were presented to the bank and money withdrawn.

A fraudulent withdrawal of around two lakhs of rupees has shocked and stunned the district welfare officer here in Daltonganj.

The fraud was committed in respect of the cheques drawn by the Jharkhand Rajya Adivasi Sahkari Vikas Nigam Ltd here in Daltonganj.

The executive officer of the Jharkhand Rajya Adivasi Sahkari Vikas Nigam Ltd Sewaram Sahu who is the district welfare officer here has lodged the FIR with the town police station on January 4.

The FIR has been registered under sections  316 (5) and 61(2) of the BNS said the officer in charge of the town police station Deobrat Poddar. Sub inspector of police B K Mehta is the investigating officer of the case.

According to Sewaram Sahu " There were two cheques of the year 2022, which stood cancelled."

The fraudulent withdrawal was made from each of the cancelled cheques said Sahu.

The two cheques were worth rupees 99,000 plus and 97,000 plus said Sahu who has lodged the FIR.

Their withdrawal was done on 31. 12. 24 and 1.1.25.

Sahu admitted, “These two cheques were cancelled but intimation of it was not given to the bank for the purpose of information to be kept in the system of account of the Jharkhand Rajya Adivasi Sahkari Vikas Nigam Ltd".

The Jharkhand Rajya Adivasi Sahkari Vikas Nigam Ltd has a single signatory account with the Dharmshala road branch of the PNB here in Daltonganj.

The single signatory account is operated by the executive officer of the Jharkhand Rajya Adivasi Sahkari Vikas Nigam Ltd.

The branch manager made it clear "This bank had no intimation of cheques cancelled. This Jharkhand Rajya Adivasi Sahkari Vikas Nigam Ltd should have intimated us in time."

Further this branch was told of the fraudulent withdrawals after the commission of offence reiterated the branch manager Poddar.

The two cheques, as claimed to be cancelled two years ago by the Jharkhand Rajya Adivasi Sahkari Vikas Nigam Ltd, were presented in a bank in Varanasi as these cheques were multi city cheques and were 'payable at par cheque'.

The amount 99,000 plus and 97,000 plus was credited to one account each in Canara Bank and HDFC Bank.

The credited amount was immediately withdrawn from the account by the person concerned who so played foul.