Kohima, Aug 9 (Agency) Dimapur police has arrested Gyanendra Singh, aged 26 years, from Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh, on criminal charges of defrauding the Nagaland Co-operative Bank (NCB) Dimapur to the tune of Rupees Two Crores. According to a press release issued by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police and PRO of the Dimapur Police today informed that the arrest followed a complaint by the NCB Dimapur that during 2020-21 unknown people had brought a huge financial loss of Rs. 2 crores to the bank by raising falsified chargeback claims on ATM transactions through multiple ATM cards of various banks.
During the investigation supervised by ACP ‘C’ Division it was revealed through the arrested individual that personal bank accounts would firstly be opened in various banks of the country especially in Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh, after which physical travels would be made to Dimapur to withdraw cash from the Co-operative Bank ATM. On successful withdrawal of cash the individual would travel back to other states and make false chargeback from the parent bank branch on the concocted claim that during the ATM withdrawal process, the amount was debited from his account even though the ATM could not dispense the required cash. Moreover six ATM cards of Punjab National Bank and SBI, Aadhaar card and a flight ticket were also seized. In this connection a case has already been registered in West Police Station, of Dimapur, the release informed.