Peelamedu Crime Police on Saturday arrested a woman housekeeping staff of a leading commercial bank near Peelamedu for withdrawing money from the accounts of the bank’s customers by fraudulent means.
The accused was identified as G. Vennila (41) of Kuniyamuthur. She had withdrawn Rs. 12,900 from the accounts of two customers.
The police said that a few weeks ago, she stole a new ATM card along with pin number kept in a sealed cover (to be despatched to a customer), from the table of a bank staff.
She reportedly withdrew Rs. 10,400 from the account in three transactions, from October 1.
She has also forged the signature of another customer and had withdrawn Rs. 2,500 from the account using a challan. The bank started inquiring the issues after complaints from the two customers.
Based on the areas where the withdrawals were made, the bank staff reviewed the CCTV recordings of the ATMs and identified Vennila.
Police sources said that on Friday the branch manager S. Gayathri (32) lodged a complaint with Peelamedu Police with records and photographs supporting the complaint.
Vennila was booked under sections 381 (theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code.
She was produced in court and lodged in jail under judicial custody.