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Jamshedpur, April 8: Bistupur Police arrested one Anwar Ali in connection with the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 18.9 lakh from the joint bank account of a deceased senior citizen and his wife on Friday.
The accused had replaced the registered mobile phone number of Kuldeep Kaur, wife of late Bhagwant Singh, with the bank by using forged Aadhar Card and purchasing a duplicate SIM from the Jio office at Kankarbagh, Patna, police officials said.
Police had earlier arrested Kritichandra Khalkho, manager of Punjab National Bank, Sakchi, in this case on 30th March last. Khalkho is accused of committing forgery in complicity with cyber frauds. An FIR was lodged against him and several others with the Bistupur Cyber Police Station on 9th March last.
Cash amounts of Rs 9.96 lakh and Rs 8.94 lakh were withdrawn from the joint account of Kuldeep Kaur and late Bhagwant Singh through two separate cheques on 3rd March last. Bhagwant Singh died one year ago. Four forged cheques were used to transfer the said amounts to different bank accounts. These cheques were signed by the accused manager, said Upendra Mandal, officer-in-charge of Bistupur Cyber PS.
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