Crime Branch on Friday arrested five persons who allegedly tried to withdraw Rs. 10 crore from the account of the Regional Commissioner of Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO) in West Bengal using a forged cheque.
The arrested were K. Selvaraj (50), G. Anbu (48), N. Pradip Kumar (34), all from Tirupur, J. Senthil Kumar (41), a native of Coimbatore, and S. Karuppaiah (46), a resident of Madurai.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) P. Sundaravadivel told The Hindu that the accused presented the cheque at the State Bank of India’s branch in the city to swindle the money from the CMPFO’s account to the bank account held in the name of North East Builders run by K. Selvaraj, one of the accused.
Since the bank found that already an amount of Rs. 13.32 lakh had been withdraw using the same cheque number, the officials in the said bank immediately went for further verification.
Then it was found that the cheque presented by the accused was fake and the bank officials immediately alerted the police, the Deputy Commissioner of Police said.
Mr. Sundaravadivel also warned the bank officials of stern action if such forged cheques get clearance, as happened in some cases in recent times.
