KL Report
SRINAGAR
In violation of rules a bank manager fraudulently transferred lakhs of rupees from one account to other without the signatures of the actual account holder.
Mohammad Yaqoob Zargar a resident of Bhagat alleged, “Former manager of the Branch Zukura Riyaz Ahmad sanctioned a loan in my favour on January 27, 2012 and transferred the same in my account SB A/C 2386 of Air Cargo Branch. On the same date Bank manager then shockingly credited it to another account again on the same date without my signatures.”
Explaining his ordeal he told a local news agency, KNS, “Manager told me that an amount of Rs five lakh rupees as CNP loan will be provided to me though I informed the manager that I am a resident of Baghat and not Zukura. But the manager convinced me to open an account in his Branch and assured me that loan will be sanctioned within a day if I only manage two government employees as guarantors.”
“However I could not mange the guarantors as I was not a resident of Zukura so I left my case half way. Few days later I was shocked when some employees of the Bank came to my house with a notice and demanded repayment of loan. When I questioned them they told me that a loan of Rs five lakh was sanctioned in my favour and also taken the same from the bank,” he claimed.
“Though I wrote a letter to Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Bank on April 24, 2013 but till date no action has been taken. I appeal the Chairman that necessary action shall be taken against the erring Manager,” he demanded.
However, an official of the Bank said that they have already taken action against the erring officer. “As soon we received the complaint the action was taken promptly. The enquiry of the case is in the final stages,” he said and added that the officer has been attached at the Bank’s headquarters.
