Irked by the alleged inaction of the bank authorities on the hacking of their saving accounts, local account holders of Haridwar locked up the SBI bank from outside on Wednesday.
The account holders have alleged hacking of their accounts in Delhi with lakhs of rupees being swindled out in the past few days. The bank customers alleged that no case had been registered so far against the miscreants.
One N K Yadav of Sector I BHEl told The Pioneer, “I am approaching bank for the past two days. They are making us run from pillar to post and I am still uncertain when I will get my money back. I have filled so many documents but still position is unclear.”
SBI officer BHEl branch Sector V, KK Bhatt said, “There have been unauthorised withdrawals from the ATMs from Delhi in the past three days. We have received such complaints and we have asked our customers to lodge FIR in police station. After they complete the documentation formalities, the amount shall be returned to them by the bank.”
Bhatt said that the maximum withdrawal has been Rs 1.5 lakh and six such accounts were hacked from different branches of SBI. He admitted that it was a bank loss and bank always compensates its customers but they have to first lodge FIR.