JAISALMER: A case of cheating using ATM cards of various banks has come to light wherein Rs 74.95 lakh cash was withdrawn from SBI ATMs at Barmer district headquarters at different times in the last few months. The bank administration on Wednesday lodged a case at Kotwali police station, after which police have started the investigation.
The culprits, after withdrawing money from the ATM, tampered with the wires of the machine and failed the transaction so that the cash could be withdrawn and yet the amount doesn’t get debited from the said account. On reconciling by the banks, the cheating case came to light. An organised gang is suspected to be behind this.
Barmer SP Anand Sharma said that Rs 74.95 lakh was withdrawn by tampering with system from 28 ATMs of SBI. Pratapji ki Pole branch manager of SBI Sujeet Kumar Jha, giving a report at the police station said that from November 22, 2020 till January 5, 2021, using ATM cards of different banks at SBI ATMs, transactions worth Rs 74.95 lakh have been done, which have been shown as ‘transaction failed’ in the ATM system, after which on the complaint of the customers, the bank refunded the amount, but the transaction had taken place in the bank system.
Kotwali SHO Prem Prakash said that a report was given by the bank administration based on which police have lodged a case under Sections 406, 420, 120B, 409, 66B, 66C of IT Act etc. and have started investigation.