Kolkata: Two held for Rs 21 lakh bank fraud

KOLKATA: Sleuths probing a forgery case that involved the State Bank of India (SBI) and the official account of an auto dealership in the city have arrested two persons from Bihar on Thursday. They busted a gang that was targeting bank accounts and siphoning money with fake cheques.
The accused — Santosh Kumar Das and Pankaj Kumar — who allegedly siphoned Rs 21 lakh landed in the net of the anti-bank fraud section officers from Vaishali.So far, the gang has stolen nearly Rs 60 lakh from accounts in Kolkata. According to joint CP (crime) Murlidhar Sharma, the manager of SBI’s Jeevandeep branch had received a call from one of the accused posing as the managing director of Topsel Toyota, which has a current account there. The caller gained his trust by providing correct information about the account.
The branch manager transferred Rs 21 lakh as overdraft facility to his three different accounts with SBI, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Jammu & Kashmir Bank.