The complaint was filed by the officers of the Anjuna branch at the Economic Offences Cell (EOC); however, it was transferred to Crime Branch for investigation.
Crime Branch officials said they have arrested Udit Narayan, Branch Manager and Swagatika Mohanti, Assistant Manager from Sangolda on Thursday. He said more arrests are likely. The accused are alleged to have duped the clients by transferring amounts from individual accounts without authorisation.
Both the officers were suspended by the bank after the forgery came to light in February this year. The internal inquiry conducted by the bank indicted both the officers. The bank also reshuffled all the staff of the branch immediately and assured its clients that the money lost would be refunded by the bank.
The fraud was detected in February this year after Anjuna Comunidade complained to the bank that an amount of Rs 23 lakh was illegally transferred in three instalments from its account in December 2015.
The complaint stated that an amount of Rs 9.50 lakh was transferred without authorisation on December 11, and Rs 7 lakh and Rs 6.50 lakh on December 15, 2015, to another account.
