AHMEDABAD: Shaherkotda police registered a case of cheating over the use of various cards to withdraw money from an ATM without it being debited from any bank account.
A complaint was registered by Anant Gupta, 36, the manager the Naroda branch of the State Bank of India, Naroda. He stated that on June 15, he went to check an ATM and found that it was Rs 39,600 short. He said on checking the CCTV system and computers they found that on June 12, two men in their early 30s, had come at about 3.53 pm and had inserted an ATM card and withdrawn Rs 9,900 from a certain account. They returned at 4.04pm with a different card and withdrew Rs 9,900 from another account. On June 14, they came and made identical transactions twice. None of these withdrawals reflected in the bank accounts concerned.
The manager stated the two men had tampered with the ATM and withdrew Rs 39,600 fraudulently to cheat the State Bank of India. Shaherkotda police registered a case against the unidentified men.
Police have got CCTV footage of the two men. Bank officials are investigating how these men withdrew cash without the transaction reflecting in any of the accounts. tnn
