A case of fraud has been registered with Bairagarh police for withdrawal of Rs 2.64 lakh from an account of Syndicate bank using the cheque of a Panaji-based victim.
According to the police, the victim, Bala Raman of Panaji in Goa lodged a complaint regarding withdrawal of Rs 2.64 lakh from his Syndicate bank account.
SHO Bairagarh police Sudhir Arjaria said that the victim works in Panji and for transfer of the cash, the cheque was presented in the city.
The victim Bala Raman has bank account with Syndicate bank in Panaji and the cheque for transfer was submitted at the drop box of the bank branch in Bairagarh.
The cheque got cleared from Habibganj branch of the bank. The police have requested for the cheque used for the transfer of the cash which could help in the tracing of the accused, he added.
A case was registered in Panaji against the fraud in which the cash was withdrawn sometime after December 2015 from the Bairagarh branch of Syndicate Bank, but the police are yet to find the fraud committed by the accused as the cheque has been handed over to the police which could help in the investigation and nab the accused.
In the initial investigation it was found that account in which the cash was transferred is owned by one Arjun Singh. The police have started collecting information about this bank account.
The police have registered a case under section 456, 466, 471 and 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.