Some fraudsters have withdrawn over Rs 6 lakh from the account of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust through fake cheques, thus driving a big hole in the Government’s claim of foolproof cyber security.
The Trust authorities lodged an FIR at the Kotwali police station in Ayodhya on Wednesday where they claimed that Rs 6 lakh was withdrawn through fake cheques twice. First Rs 2.5 lakh was withdrawn and then Rs 3.5 lakh from the bank account of the trust.
Police said on Thursday that the case has been handed over to the cyber cell, which has started the investigation.
Trust General Secretary Champat Rai said that the disclosure was made when the fraudster deposited the third fake cheques for withdrawing Rs 9.86 lakh in a Bank of Baroda (BOB) branch in Lucknow.
“When the bank called us for verification of the withdrawal of such a big amount, the fraud was noticed and immediately the police was informed,” he said, adding it then was then found about 2 fake cheques earlier.
DSP, Ayodhya, Rajesh Kumar Rai, said on Thursday that Rs 2.50 lakh was withdrawn through a fake cheque on September 2 and the second time Rs 3.50 lakh on September 3.
Earlier, in Meerut, several people were arrested when they were collecting donations on the name of Ram temple construction. Besides, a fake website that was seeking donations for the Ram temple has also come to light a few days ago and the matter is being investigated.