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Retired Bank Manager Arrested For Sanctioning Loan To A Dead Man In Assam

 

GUWAHATI: Retired branch manager of Central Bank of India, Dikom branch, Pradip Kumar Das was arrested by the sleuths of the Bureau of Investigation of Economic Offences, BI(EO) on December 5 in Dibrugarh, Assam. He was produced before the court which sent him to 14 days of judicial custody. 

On June 23, 2022, a complaint was lodged at BI(EO) Police Station by Raj Kishore Kerkata, Regional Manager, Central Bank of India alleging that loans for two terms were sanctioned, the first amounting to ₹7 lakh 25 thousand and the second of ₹3 lakh 30 thousand which amounts to a total of ₹10.55 lakh in the name of one Abdul Munnaf, but he failed to return the loan. Based on the complaint, BI(EO) registered the case and started an investigation into the matter.

During the investigation, it came to light that Abdul Munnaf expired in the year 2006 and it was his son Abdul Samir who by submitting forged documents of his late father Abdul Munnaf and had fraudulently obtained the term loan amounting to ₹10.55 lakh from the Dikom Branch of Central Bank of India and cheated the bank by not returning the due loan amount. The accused Abdul Samir was arrested in the case on August 8, 2022, and was sent to judicial custody.

Further investigation revealed that the then Branch Manager of the Dikom Branch of the Central Bank of India, Pradip Kumar Das had conspired with accused Abdul Samir and deliberately ignored and overlooked the checking and verifying of the documents submitted by accused Abdul Samir and sanctioned the loan, said a press statement issued by BI(EO). The bank manager sanctioned the loan to Abdul Samir in a fraudulent manner, causing a huge financial loss to the bank, said the statement.

Accordingly, today, December 5, Pradip Kumar Das (63) was arrested in connection with the case and produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (M). The court sent him to 14-day judicial custody, said the statement.

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