A 22-year-youth was nabbed by Piplani police for using forged documents to open a bank account with Ratnagiri branch of Canara bank on Tuesday. According to the police, a youth was nabbed after manager of Canara bank of Ratnagiri branch lodged complaint regarding opening of bank account with fake documents.
The youth was identified as Akhilesh Vishwakarma of Shahpura. During investigation, when the accused was questioned he told that he was not aware of the documents produced in the bank and claimed that he was falsely being implicated.
The accused provided documents for opening a bank account and in the documents voter ID card of Vikash Sharma was submitted and when the bank officials checked the documents they found that the voter ID card and informed the bank manager Manoj Jindal. The manager when questioned Akhilesh he kept misleading him and later police were informed.
Investigating Officer SI Bl Tyagi said that the reason behind the opening of bank account remains unknown and would be investigated. It is possible that the accused are involved in money laundering and would use the bank account for illegal
transactions.
The documents used by the accused would be investigated and it would be searched that the document provided by the accused of Vikas Sharma have been provided by the owner or it has been obtained illicitly by the accused, he added.
The police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation. It is possible that the accused has other accomplices and their names would be revealed in the further investigation.