Deputy bank manager held for robbing customer in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: A deputy branch manager of Axis Bank was arrested by city police on Tuesday for allegedly robbing a customer, police said.
The accused identified as Istison Hague Choudhury is the deputy manager of Axis Bank’s Bhetapara branch in the city. Choudhury, who hails from Mangaldai in Assam’s Darrang district, is a former employee of HDFC Bank.
Aditya Deori, officer in-charge of Geeta Nagar police station, said Istison allegedly misused an ATM card of a customer having an account at HDFC Bank’s Zoo Road Tiniali branch, and withdrew around Rs 1.75 lakh.
The customer, Jyoti Krishna Das, registered a complaint at Geetanagar police station on June 27 stating the amount that was withdrawn from his account.
After investigation into the case, the police on Tuesday arrested the accused from her rented house at Nayanpur in Guwahati. During a search at her house, police seized six new ATM packs and one cheque book of Axis Bank, six cheque books and one new welcome kit and 10 ATMs of HDFC Bank and two mobile phones and one PAN card.