GUWAHATI, Nov 21: Amid rising incidents of bank fraud cases, a person from Guwahati saw Rs 4.8 lakh disappear from his account after a fraudster forged his signature and withdrew the huge amount with unsuspecting bank officials failing to notice the wrongdoing.
The fraud took place at a branch of Axis Bank in Rajgarh Road locaity of Guwahati when the fraudster, who was seen in CCTV footage entering the bank, forged the victim’s signature and managed to get Rs 4.8 lakh withdrawn from the latter’s account.
The beneficiary, as per records of the NEFT-RTGS payment form, was named as a person named Raja Kumar while the beneficiary bank was located in Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu.
Interestingly, bank officials did not get even a whiff of the fraud, raising eyebrows and shock among people now aware of the fraudulent withdrawal.
It was only when Ritupan Kalita, the victim, received alerts on his mobile phone about the withdrawal that the entire thing came to light.
Kalita has now filed a complaint with Cyber Cell of Assam Police, seeking an investigation and arrest of the fraudster besides recovery of the entire amount of money fraudulently withdrawn by the fraudster.
