An amount of Rs. 6 Lakhs have been withdrawn fraudulently from the bank accounts of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. The withdrawals were done with cloned checks. Reportedly the fraudsters tried to withdraw the money for the third time when the bank informed the trust members. An FIR has been lodged by the Trust.
The fraud was discovered when the trust’s secretary, Champat Rai got a verification call from the bank. It was regarding the third cloned cheque of Rs 986,000 that was placed for clearance. The authorities later discovered two cloned cheques had been used to withdraw money earlier on September 1 and 3.
As reported by sources to Hindustan Times, Ayodhya’s deputy inspector general, Deepak Kumar, said the amount was withdrawn using cloned cheques of Rs 250,000 and Rs 350,000. He said a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against unknown people on the complaint of the trust’s secretary, Champat Rai.
The sources added that The trust authorities have confirmed original cheques of the same serial numbers used to withdraw the money are with them.
Kumar added that “The amount withdrawn has been transferred to a Punjab National Bank account. A police team is probing the money trail to trace the fraudsters and people involved in compromising the trust bank account details to unearth the racket involved the crime.”
An FIR has been registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC)’s sections 419 (impersonation) and 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for cheating), and 471 (using forged cheque as original).
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