Yamunanagar, June 17: Courtesy hackers of savings bank accounts, around 80 account holders have lost approximately Rs 20 lakh so far. This became known on Saturday when police registered a criminal case at city police station.
Police said amounts were withdrawn from branches of State Bank of India and State Bank of Patiala from various branches since May 25. "The most recent incident was in the main branch of State Bank of Patiala wherein hackers withdrew an amount of Rs 10.10 lakh from accounts of 23 customers. A case under sections 406 and 420 of IPC has been registered,'' inspector Sandeep Kumar, station house officer (SHO) of city police station, who is investigating the case, said.
Enquiries revealed that it was only after the aggrieved account holders lodged a protest and raised anti-bank and anti-government slogans, the bank lodged a complaint with police department. The account holders alleged that the bank had been ignoring their representations.
"Before the latest incident, we had received complaints from account holders in Chhachhrauli, Jathlana and Jagadhari areas, who were similarly cheated in the last two weeks. We are investigating the case from two angles. The case of 23 customers who became victims simultaneously appeared to be the work of hackers. As per the other, around 67 cases of similar nature were reported from different areas of the district. We are also suspecting the role of some insider," Sandeep added.
Suresh Aggarwal, chief manager, State Bank of Patiala, said, "I have got an FIR lodged. Simultaneoulsy, I have written to higher authorities so that our special cell could dig out the truth. Regarding action at department level, it is upto the higher authorities of the bank to tackle the issue."
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