Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Police is on the lookout for unidentified accused who used fake cheques to transfer ₹24 lakh from the account of the Bal Bharati Public School in Kharghar. Rajesh Ranjan, manager, Bank of India, Kharghar branch, filed a complaint at Kharghar police station in connection with the fraudulent transfer of funds.
According to the complaint, the money was transferred in two transactions of ₹8.56 lakh and ₹16.2 lakh to an account in Andhra Bank in Maninagar, Ahmedabad, in the name of Lipika Das. A police officer who is part of the investigation said, “All cheques issued by the school needs signatures of the Principal and the trustee. The cheque used to fraudulently transfer ₹8.56 lakh was originally issued to Kanchan Desai for ₹3,000. The other cheque was originally issued to Satish Travels for ₹11,500, and was still with the school. The accused used a fake cheque with the original cheque number.”
The Andhra Bank branch in Maninagar, Ahmedabad, told Navi Mumbai Police that ₹9.35 lakh of the ₹24 lakh had already been withdrawn. The account has been frozen. “Our team will visit Gujarat to question the account holder,” Senior PI Dilip Kale said.
