KOLKATA: A 65-year-old man has lodged a complaint with Ultadanga police station, alleging that someone had stolen his debit card last month and siphoned off Rs 51,533 from his account by making multiple transactions over the last one week.
The complainant, Goutam Mukherjee, a retired state government employee, said that he had come to know about the theft only last Thursday when his card was not responding.
Having checked with his bank about the matter, Mukherjee realised that someone had swapped his card and stolen the money through multiple transactions. He blocked the card and approached the police.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the man had used the debit card at an Ultadanga Road ATM last on February 28. He claimed that while coming out of the ATM, he had bumped into someone and the card had fallen from his hand. The person whom he had collided with bowed down, lifted the card and handed it over to him. He put the card in his pocket and left the ATM kiosk.
“It is possible that while Mukherjee was putting the password in the machine, the person might have noted it down, standing outside the kiosk. The latter intentionally collided with him to swap the card and then withdrew the money. We have started a case of theft and cheating and are checking the CCTV footage of the ATM for investigation,” said a senior police officer.
The complainant, Goutam Mukherjee, a retired state government employee, said that he had come to know about the theft only last Thursday when his card was not responding.
Having checked with his bank about the matter, Mukherjee realised that someone had swapped his card and stolen the money through multiple transactions. He blocked the card and approached the police.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the man had used the debit card at an Ultadanga Road ATM last on February 28. He claimed that while coming out of the ATM, he had bumped into someone and the card had fallen from his hand. The person whom he had collided with bowed down, lifted the card and handed it over to him. He put the card in his pocket and left the ATM kiosk.
“It is possible that while Mukherjee was putting the password in the machine, the person might have noted it down, standing outside the kiosk. The latter intentionally collided with him to swap the card and then withdrew the money. We have started a case of theft and cheating and are checking the CCTV footage of the ATM for investigation,” said a senior police officer.
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