4 more held for pledging fake jewels, cheating bank of ₹1cr
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Villupuram:14.01.2019
A day after police detained a gold jewel appraiser of the Thiruvampattu branch of the Punjab National Bank, four others, including the appraiser’s wife, have been arrested by the police for allegedly cheating the bank of ₹1crore by mortgaging fake jewellery.
R Jeganathan, 39, his wife J Sathya, 31, both hailing from K V R nagar in Villupuram, S Suresh Babu, 46 of Alamelupuram, V Venugopal, 35 of Thiruvampattu, and A Muneeswaramoorthy 31of Keezhmampattu village have been detained in connection with the fraud so far.
Investigating officer Jeevaraja Manikandan told TOI, “Jeganathan worked as a contract staff at the Thiruvampattu branch of PNB near Gingee for the past seven years. On Thursday evening, one of the bank cashiers grew suspicious after Jegnathan quoted higher value for gold jewels mortgaged by a customer Saravanan.” The cashier then informed the branch manager V Nadharao. On questioning, Jeganathn gave contradictory statements and upon cross checking the jewels, he found they were fake.
Shocked, Nadharao scrutinized the ledger books and personally verified the bank lockers and found that the accused with the help of his associates had cheated the bank to a tune of ₹1.35 crore.
Speaking to TOI, Villupuram SP S Jayakumar said, “Based on the manager’s complaint, five accused were arrested on Saturday night and a case was registered under various sections of IPC. “We have launched a search to nab three more absconding accused,” he said.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Villupuram:14.01.2019
A day after police detained a gold jewel appraiser of the Thiruvampattu branch of the Punjab National Bank, four others, including the appraiser’s wife, have been arrested by the police for allegedly cheating the bank of ₹1crore by mortgaging fake jewellery.
R Jeganathan, 39, his wife J Sathya, 31, both hailing from K V R nagar in Villupuram, S Suresh Babu, 46 of Alamelupuram, V Venugopal, 35 of Thiruvampattu, and A Muneeswaramoorthy 31of Keezhmampattu village have been detained in connection with the fraud so far.
Investigating officer Jeevaraja Manikandan told TOI, “Jeganathan worked as a contract staff at the Thiruvampattu branch of PNB near Gingee for the past seven years. On Thursday evening, one of the bank cashiers grew suspicious after Jegnathan quoted higher value for gold jewels mortgaged by a customer Saravanan.” The cashier then informed the branch manager V Nadharao. On questioning, Jeganathn gave contradictory statements and upon cross checking the jewels, he found they were fake.
Shocked, Nadharao scrutinized the ledger books and personally verified the bank lockers and found that the accused with the help of his associates had cheated the bank to a tune of ₹1.35 crore.
Speaking to TOI, Villupuram SP S Jayakumar said, “Based on the manager’s complaint, five accused were arrested on Saturday night and a case was registered under various sections of IPC. “We have launched a search to nab three more absconding accused,” he said.
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