MARGAO, MAY 6
The Colva police on Thursday arrested a young bank employee of a nationalised bank for cheating, forgery and impersonation after she allegedly withdrew money amounting to Rs 3.75 lakh from an account through the ATM facility.
Acting on the complaint lodged by the manager of the Benaulim branch of Bank of Baroda, a team of Colva police led by PSI Anand Shirodkar rushed to the branch and took the employee Helfia Viegas (20), Varca into custody.
PSI Shirodkar stated that the employee allegedly obtained an ATM facility in the name of a bank account holder Savio Rosario D’Silva by forging his signature.
If the police is to be believed, around Rs 3.75 cash was withdrawn from Savio’s account since the last one month, before the account holder, who is working abroad, suspected something fish about his transactions.
The police said that Savio sent an e-mail to the branch manager on Wednesday seeking details of his bank statement, only to find that cash of Rs 3.75 lakh was found withdrawn fraudulently.
As Savio’s account was subsequently blocked following the disturbing disclosure, the bank employee, police said, tried to withdraw the cash from Savio’s account on Thursday morning, but failed to succeed since the account was blocked.
The bank manager Sudin Borkar immediately alerted the Colva police and the employee was later taken into custody. She has been booked under Section 409, 465, 468, 471, 419 and 420 of the IPC.
PSI Shirodkar said the police has attached a fixed deposit of Rs 60,000, besides cash of Rs 36,000 from the accused bank employee.
Further investigations are on.
