Jehangirabad police have booked two persons for withdrawing Rs 65,000 from victim’s account by stealing two cheques from the victim’s house at Roshanpura.
Police said that the victim Sarita Bastwar found that Rs 65000 has been withdrawn from her bank account using three cheques which were stolen from her bag.
The victim approached the bank and found that two accused have withdrawn the money from her account and were identified as her neighbors Haider Ali and Deepak Kushwaha.The accused stole two cheques of SBI and one cheque of Allahabad bank. One of the cheque was used to deposit money in Deepak Kushwaha’s bank account.
The accused are still having the two signed cheques with them. Search for the accused has been intensified. After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Meanwhile, a fraudster duped a mobile store owner to the tune of Rs 19000 by providing fake cheque to purchase mobile phone in the month of June this year.
Police said that the victim Shanshak Gaur was provided a cheque of Rs 19000 of Karnataka bank by the accused Mridul Singh on June 29. later when the victim went to produce the cheque it was found to be fake as there was no account of the accused and got bounced and a complaint was lodged with the police. The police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.