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GUWAHATI: A deputy manager of a leading PSU bank was among two people detained for siphoning off Rs 26 lakh from the bank account of a former DIG of Assam Police.
Police registered a case and started an investigation on June 19 after Bhabadhar Dutta, 84, retired DIG of police, lodged a complaint that Rs 26 lakh was transferred from his account at SBI’s Barbari branch on several dates to several accounts without his consent.
During the probe, police found that the transactions were made to mainly three persons. “On examination of those persons, they disclosed that one person, namely Gulenur Hussain, then branch manager of SBI’s Barbari branch, currently posted at the Dispur SCAB (Specialised Currency Administration Branch) as a deputy manager, made the transactions through internet banking. Based on their statements, the deputy manager was detained,” police said.
During interrogation, Hussain revealed that “he had been targeting inoperative and unused accounts for a long time for fraudulent and unauthorised use for his personal gain without being detected”. Dutta did not use his bank account for three years, which made Hussain presume the user might have passed away. Dutta came to know about unauthorised transactions when he went to update his passbook.
“In the current case, when he found there was no registered mobile number connected to the victim’s account, he decided to siphon off some amount,” police said.
They found that Hussain took assistance from one Tridip Kalita to arrange a SIM card and second mobile, which they registered with the victim’s account and created a user ID and a password. Police also detained Kalita. Hussain used the money to clear his liabilities and invested some amount in trading at the stock exchange.
Police registered a case and started an investigation on June 19 after Bhabadhar Dutta, 84, retired DIG of police, lodged a complaint that Rs 26 lakh was transferred from his account at SBI’s Barbari branch on several dates to several accounts without his consent.
During the probe, police found that the transactions were made to mainly three persons. “On examination of those persons, they disclosed that one person, namely Gulenur Hussain, then branch manager of SBI’s Barbari branch, currently posted at the Dispur SCAB (Specialised Currency Administration Branch) as a deputy manager, made the transactions through internet banking. Based on their statements, the deputy manager was detained,” police said.
During interrogation, Hussain revealed that “he had been targeting inoperative and unused accounts for a long time for fraudulent and unauthorised use for his personal gain without being detected”. Dutta did not use his bank account for three years, which made Hussain presume the user might have passed away. Dutta came to know about unauthorised transactions when he went to update his passbook.
“In the current case, when he found there was no registered mobile number connected to the victim’s account, he decided to siphon off some amount,” police said.
They found that Hussain took assistance from one Tridip Kalita to arrange a SIM card and second mobile, which they registered with the victim’s account and created a user ID and a password. Police also detained Kalita. Hussain used the money to clear his liabilities and invested some amount in trading at the stock exchange.
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