A 30-year-old Assistant Accountant was booked for fraudulently withdrawing Rs 76 lakh from Action for Social Advancement (ASA) bank account; a case of fraud was registered by the Habibganj police on Sunday.
According to the police victim Director of ASA Ashish Mandal had lodged a complaint against his Assistant Accountant Bharti Mishra regarding duping to the tune of Rs 76 lakh. He claimed that the money was withdrawn from different accounts using fake signatures.
The victim came to know about the fraud after the withdrawal was found in the bank account details and when he checked with the bank it was found that the cheques were used with fake signatures and by his employee. later it was found that the Assistant Accountant Bharti Mishra was involved in the fraud.
Police said that in his complaint victim had claimed that the withdrawal was done from the month of January 2015 till December 2015 and during the period 15 cheque leaves were used with fake signatures to withdraw money from different bank accounts.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police registered a case against Mishra.
The police have registered a case under section 420,406,467,468 and 471 of the IPC and have started further investigation into the matter.
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