Mumbai: A 46-year-old pet shop owner from Mira Road lost Rs 6.83 lakh to a fraud after the amount was fraudulently withdrawn from his savings account in a reputed multi-state scheduled co-operative banking institution. Two counterfeit cheques were allegedly used to carry out the transaction, which mysteriously went undetected while being cleared by the concerned bank officials.
The complaint Riyaz Shaikh in his statement to the police said that, he received a text alert message from the bank informing about his balance, which according to him was a Rs 6.83 lakh lesser than the actual figure.
Shaikh rushed to the bank and was found that the withdrawals were effected on the virtue of two cheques amounting Rs 3.40 lakh and Rs 3.43 lakh, which the bank officials claimed had been issued by him from his account. But the account holder claimed that he was still in possession of the cheque-leaves bearing the same numbers, which were used for the alleged fraudulent transactions.
“A case under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code have been registered. Investigations are underway,” said senior police inspector Vasant Labdhe.
