Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday claimed to have booked a J&K Bank employee for making fraudulently debiting lakhs of rupees from different accounts and credited into bank accounts of his family members.

Police spokesperson in a statement said that on 11th May Crime Branch Kashmir received a communication No. JKB/Dadaom/2018-152 from J&K Bank Branch Dada Ompora Chadoora.

“The communication inter-alia reveals that one Rouf Mohammad Wani son of Mohammad Akbar Wani engaged as a daily wager at business unit Dada-Ompora has without any mandate and authorization debited the account of the customers particularly KCC loan accounts,” statement read.

“It was further revealed that the daily Wager had dishonestly and fraudulently withdrawn Rs 12.23 lakhs from different accounts of account holders of the said business unit personally and credited into different accounts of his family members and others”.

“Out of the said amount he has transferred an amount of Rs 50000 from account No. 0721-SB 1055 maintained in the name of Ghulam Mohammad Ganie a customer of the said business unit into account No. 0307-01401-7159 maintained and operated in the name of Bashir Ahmad Bhat Customer of business unit Wanpora Pulwama,” it said.

“The employee has also taken the debited amount in cash through fraudulent means”.

Accordingly case FIR No. 20/18 U/S 420, 467, 468 RPC r/w 5(2) P. C Act registered against accused Rouf Mohammad Wani S/O Mohammad Akbar Wani an employee of J&K Bank Branch Dadaompora Chadoora in Crime Branch Kashmir.