Embezzlement of Rs 3 crore 57 lakh, two including bank manager arrested
Raigarh: On the direction of SSP Sadanand Kumar, the Kotra Road police arrested the former branch manager of Gramin Bank Kirodimal Nagar and his associate in the crime, mother Beena Sharma, the main accused in the fraud of Rs 3.57 crore by fraudulently tampering with the accounts of 165 KCC account holders and put her on remand. Has been sent.
According to the information, on 20.07.2022 in Kotra Road police station, Chhattisgarh. Branch Manager in-charge of Rajya Gramin Bank branch, Kirodimal Nagar, Sandeep Thakur (age 28 years) accused the former branch manager of the bank, Rahul Kumar Sharma, of absconding with the keys of the bank’s gate, safe and FRFC, bank’s mobile hand set and SIM. A report was lodged by giving a written application, on which a crime of embezzlement (section 409 IPC) was registered and the police arrested two accused and sent them on remand.
The main accused branch manager Rahul Kumar Sharma had absconded from his residence in Ajmer Rajasthan after the incident. Kotrarod police was keeping an eye on the accused and co-accused his mother Bina Sharma through local informer and cyber cell. Considering the seriousness of the matter, trainee IPS Udit Pushkar, police station in-charge Kotra Road, collected information regarding the accused from his sources in Ajmer Rajasthan, after getting information about their presence at their native residence, after informing Senior Superintendent of Police Sadanand Kumar, the trainee, on his instructions, After preparing a team from Kotra Road police station under the leadership of IPS Udit Pushkar, the police team immediately left for Ajmer, Rajasthan. The police team raided the residence of the accused, who were locked outside the house by the vicious accused. The police team was secretly keeping an eye on the accused, whose main door was locked and staying inside. On being confirmed, the police team along with the local police raided the accused Rahul Kumar Sharma and his mother Bina Sharma in custody and presented them in the local court. Transist remand was taken after presenting him. On 05.09.2023, both the accused, who were brought to Raigarh on transit remand, were presented in Raigarh Court, accused Bina Sharma (58 years) was sent to jail after taking judicial remand from Ajmer, Rajasthan and the main accused Rahul Kumar Sharma was taken to police remand for 02 days and detailed interrogation. to be done .
Accused Rahul Sharma told the details of the crime during interrogation that while being the manager of Gramin Bank, he tampered with the applications of customers taking KCC loans, gold loans and doubling the loan amount without their knowledge. Co-accused – Bina Sharma, K. By transferring the money to the accounts of Haripriya, Rahul Mehta, Aakash Mehta and Kunal Verma, he himself used to withdraw money by giving them a share. The accused said that he had invested about Rs 1.5 crore in the stock market out of the cheated amount, in which he suffered a lot of loss. He has told to spend a lot of money on online gambling, travel and friends. On taking the bank details of the accused, there was some amount left in the bank account of the accused, which has been put on hold by the Kotra Road Police. Bank details, ATM, government laptop, 02 mobiles and SIM with which he was absconding have been seized from the accused Rahul Sharma. Both the accused arrested earlier. Bank accounts of Haripriya, Rahul Mehta and Beena Sharma are also on hold. The two accused involved in the crime, Abhishek Mehta and Kunal Verma, are absconding. Police team raided Raipur to arrest the accused Kunal Verma, the accused is absconding, the informer is active.
In the team formed under the leadership of Trainee IPS Udit Pushkar, Police Station Incharge Kotra Road, Assistant Sub Inspector Kusum Kaivart, Lady Constable Kishori Chauhan, Constable Shivanand Pradhan and Tikeshwar Yadav played an important role in the detection and arrest of the accused.
Arrested accused –
(1) Rahul Sharma’s father Late. Shri Deepchand Sharma, age 36 years, resident of New Govind Nagar, street no. 05F Police Station Ramganj District Ajmer (Rajasthan)
(2) Bina Sharma’s father Late. Mr. Deepchand Sharma, age 58 years, resident of New Govind Nagar, street no. 05F Police Station Ramganj District Ajmer (Rajasthan)
