A prawn trader of Baliapal has alleged that about Rs 19 lakh has been withdrawn by unknown sources from his bank account without his knowledge.
A resident of Chaumukh of Baliapal block Kamal lochan Chaudhury said he had an account in a private bank. Recently, he had deposited Rs Rs 18 lakh cash which he got from selling prawn yet he didn’t receive any message in this regard. He further said that on December 8 he had received a message from the bank stating that his account was deactivated.
He went to the local branch manager of the bank seeking his advice and he was asked by the latter to ignore the same. On December 13, when he went to bank and deposited Rs 90,000 cash in his account, no message was received on his mobile phone. When he further checked, he found that besides the latest Rs 90,000, the previous deposits too were missing from his account.
Further, the bank transactions details revealed that a number of net banking transactions were done and his deposit was withdrawn under heads of different companies between December 8 and 13. However, he didn’t get any message from the bank except the deactivation notification. He alleged that the bank didn’t take adequate care and also alleged involvement of the local branch employees.
He besides, lodging a compliant with the Cyber police, demanded refund of his money within a week or else he would sit on a dharna before the bank.