The Tripura police have launched an investigation into a major financial fraud case involving the siphoning off of Rs 16.38 crore from the account of the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) by unknown fraudsters. The case was registered at the West Agartala police station after the zonal manager of UCO Bank, Sanjib Roy, discovered that a significant amount of money had been withdrawn from the civic body’s account using cloned cheques.
According to Officer in Charge (OC) of the West Agartala police station, Rana Chatterjee, the fraudsters managed to withdraw the funds by using six cloned cheques in August and the first part of September. The fraudsters forged the signature of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the AMC, D K Chakma, to carry out the illegal transactions, while the original cheques remain in the possession of the civic body.
Chatterjee stated that the investigating officer has obtained CCTV footage from UCO Bank’s Kaman Chowmuhani branch to identify the individuals who submitted the forged cheques. He emphasized the importance of tracing these individuals in order to gather crucial evidence for the investigation.
The fraudsters are believed to be operating from Hyderabad, and the police are working diligently to track down the culprits responsible for the financial crime. The authorities are determined to bring those involved in the fraudulent activity to justice and are committed to ensuring that such incidents do not occur in the future.
