Shiv Shakti Mandal, native of Godda, Jharkhand who was arrested by Special Task Police (STF) Uttarakhand from his native place on October 4 for fraudulently withdrawing money from a person’s bank account while posing as a bank manager was brought here on transit remand on Friday.
later, he was handed over to Dalanwala police for further action as the case against him was registered in Dalanwala police station.
Earlier, Ravi Kumar Josh of Rajpur had registered a complaint at Cyber Crime police station, alleging that Mandal had spirited away Rs 29,990 from his bank account after collecting his bank details while posing as a bank manager. later, the case was transferred to Dalanwala police station.
STF SSP Riddhim Aggarwal said that cyber crime police station officers started investigating the case after the complaint was lodged . “Investigation revealed that Rs 19, 999 was transferred in a bank account of Axis Bank through paytm by Mandal. It also revealed that transaction of Rs 6.5 lakh was held in the same back account in one month,” she said. She announced reward of Rs 2500 for the team members for arresting the accused.