The Girinagar police on Saturday arrested a deputy manager of a private bank for allegedly cheating a senior citizen of ₹50 lakh.
The accused have been identified as Meghana P.V., 31, a deputy manager of the private bank’s Girinagar branch, apart from Shivaprasad, Anwar Ghouse and Varadaraj, all between 30 to 35 years.
Meghana, according to the police, used to assist the victim, who is around 76 years old, in maintaining a joint savings account with her husband in the branch. The complainant used to share the account details with the accused.
According to the complaint, the victim had recently sold her property and deposited around ₹1 crore in the joint account. During the investigation, the police found that Meghana, deceitfully made the complainant sign an RTGS form used to transfer money in the guise of Fixed Deposit (FD) renewal and transferred ₹50 lakh to the bank account of Ghouse.
The family, when checking the deposit found the discrepancies and raised a complaint with the cyber crime helpline before approaching the Girinagar police.
Based on the complaint, the police registered a FIR under Sections 316 (Criminal breach of trust) and 318 (Cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and arrested Meghana from Kerala, and her male friend Shivaprasad from Bengaluru. The police also arrested two others from Ankola who were part of the scam. The police suspect that the accused, on behest of her male friend, transferred the money to Ghouse’s account to be used for quick investment, with a plan to return the amount back later.
Published - March 16, 2025 10:24 pm IST
