Lakhs swindled from advocate’s bank accounts

Guwahati, June 3: In a case of high profile swindle from several bank accounts, senior advocate of Guwahati Rohini Kr Das has found that he has been robbed to the tune of several lakhs of rupees from many of his bank accounts through fraudulent withdrawals. Initially he noticed withdrawal totaling around Rs 4 lakh from his account with The Co-operative Apex Bank Ltd, GUwahati Branch. Later he realized that Rs 2,60,000 was withdrawn from UBI, Bharulumukh Branch, Rs 50,000 from SBI, Pan Bazar Branch, Rs. 1,20,000 from the Gauhati Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd, Guwahati Branch.

While Advocate Das has filed an FIR in Bharalumukh PS, the FIR states that the transactions in the United Bank of India were carried out with ATM card, he never applied for an ATM card before the said bank.

In this connection Advocate Das suspects one Banajit Das of Chhaygaon who was his driver till a few months back.