Indore: Another booked for trying to cheat bank with Rs 2.95 cr fake cheque

Indore: In another case of similar bank fraud that shocked the authorities on Friday, Palasia police on Sunday booked a person for presenting a fake cheque in ICICI Bank’s Saket Nagar Branch to fraudulently withdraw Rs 2.95 crore. The accused used the name of the same company as payer which was used by the other accused caught by MIG police a couple of days ago.

Palasia police station in charge DS Yevle said that a case under various sections of the IPC was registered against the accused Manan Solanki. Sonaki presented the cheque on Thursday last. After finding it fake bank officials immediately informed police which after investigation registered a case against Solanki on Sunday.

The accused failed to provide details of the person who gave him the cheque to deposit it in his bank account. The payer’s name in the cheque was Herbal Life International India Private Limited, said police, adding that the name of the payer mentioned on the cheque presented by Solanki was the same as mentioned by the other accused in ICICI Bank’s Malav Parisar Branch.

Police suspect that Solanki and three others arrested by MIG police are involved in the same gang. It is also believed that the persons are associated with a gang which is involved in such crimes across the country. However, the investigation is on into the case.

It is noteworthy that MIG police staff arrested Navneet Singh Bagga on Friday when he was presenting a cheque amounting Rs 95 lakh in ICICI bank branch at Malv Parisar. Following the lead given by Bagga, police later arrested building contractor Varun Dubey and his friend Ashutosh. All of them are in police remand and being questioned by the police. One of their accomplices Irfan could not be arrested by the police till Sunday night.