JAMMU, MAY 2: The Jammu and Kashmir Police in border Poonch district on Tuesday claimed to have averted an attempt to fraudulently withdraw money from the accounts of various government departments and also private individuals having deposits of more than Rs 20 lakh J&K Bank’s Mendhar branch.
One person, identified as Ibrar khan, 24, of Mendhar tehsil’s Ari village has been arrested. Working as a sweeper in the bank branch, he had quit his job a month ago, police said.
Giving details, police said that following information late Monday night that someone has entered the bank and tried to operate the banking system, a team led by SHO Mendhar Sajjad and Probationary Sub Inspector Sushil Kumar immediately reached the spot and arrested Ibrar. More arrests are likely in the matter.
The arrested accused was about to do transactions worth several crores of rupees as he already had the details of various government accounts with sufficient funds, as well as of those who had deposits worth over Rs 20 lakh, police said.
Quoting Ibrar, police said that he had the user ID and password of the banking system of the branch.
The entire money, according to the plan, was to be transferred to the bank accounts at Assam, Kerala and Rajasthan, it said, adding that investigations are in progress.