Abhishek Mishra, Dhamtari. Police has arrested the bank manager, the main accused of fraud worth crores in HDFC Bank in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh. Kurud police station and cyber team took joint action and registered a case against bank manager Srikant Teneti under sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 120 (B) of IPC and took him into custody.
Let us tell you, HDFC Bank Kurud branch manager Piyush Rathore had lodged a police complaint on 8 May 24, that the then branch manager of HDFC Bank Kurud branch Srikant Teneti and his associate Tejendra Sahu together misused the bank’s property. Piyush Rathore has accused both of them of fraudulently embezzling a total of 1 crore, eighty four lakh, 4 thousand, 151 rupees (1,84,04151/-) from the accounts of HDFC bank customers.
In this case, with the help of informers and technology, the police and cyber team arrested the accused Srikant Teneti from Hyderabad and brought him to Dhamtari.
During police interrogation, accused Srikant Teneti along with his partner Tejendra Sahu accepted withdrawing money from HDFC bank customers’ accounts without their consent through fund transfer, online and cheque and distributing it among themselves. Along with this, the accused has accepted that he bought a plot in Raipur Mowa with the money obtained through fraud and has saved Rs 1 lakh 20 thousand in his account.
The police have sent the accused to judicial remand after he accepted the charges during interrogation. The search for his co-accused Tejendra Sahu is still on.
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