BIEO arrests five bankers of Assam Cooperative Apex Bank in fraud case

 STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Bankers in a fraud case! It sounds odd but is true that the BIEO (Bureau of Investigation of Economic Offences) arrested five bankers, including a branch manager of Assam Cooperative Apex Bank, Dhubri Branch. The sleuths registered a case (09/2022 U/S 467/420/406/468/471/472/475 IPC) based on an FIR lodged by the present branch manager of the bank alleging that, in connivance with some other bank officials, Dilip Kumar Paul, a bank employee fraudulently lifted Rs. 7,64,000 from various customers in the name of fixed deposits and issued fake passbooks and certificates in the name of the bank.

During the investigation, the BIEO collected sufficient evidence of the involvement of the then branch manager, Dipankar Das, and other bank officials in these fraudulent activities, which caused financial loss to numerous customers of the bank. They were found to have created fake passbooks and fake fixed deposit certificates in the name of the bank, issued them to numerous customers, and misappropriated the amount deposited by the customers.

Based on the evidence, the sleuths of BIEO arrested Dipankar Das, branch manager; Kokil Kashyap, bank PO; Santosh Kumar Nath, accountant; Rupam Modak (contractual assistant of the bank); and Surajpal Singh (also contractual assistant of the bank). The sleuths have already arrested Dilip Kumar Paul and six other employees of the bank.

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