Agartala, Aug 30, 2012 : In a massive embezzlement case, a branch manager of Shantirbazar branch of United Bank of India (UBI) was suspended and a specific case has also been launched against a employee of the branch.
Sources said, Rajendra Das, a temporary computer operator of UBI’s Shantirbazar branch had been assigned the task to maintain the daily operations of the funds for pensioners, wages of MGNREGA and old age pension since August 26, 2006 till date.
During the period, Rajendra Das managed to transfer the amount of Rs 3 lakh in the account of his father (Rabindra Das) , Rs 28.32 lakh into his mother’s (Manjurani Das)account, Rs 19.20 lakh into his brother-in-law ‘s(Litan das) account through the computerized system of UBI .
In May, 2012, when Rajendra tried to open a fixed deposit account at the Shantirbazar branch of UBI, entire embezzlement of fund was noticed by the officials of UBI branch. In the meantime, accused Rajendra managed to escape from the bank.
Soon after the incident, the top officials of UBI from Kolkata camped at Shantirbazar branch and during their investigation they recovered all transaction details of forgery of government funds.
On Wednesday, UBI filed a specific case against accused Rajendra Das and suspended branch manager Shankar Malakar on charges of dereliction of duty.
So far, main accused Rajendra Das has remained untraced.
Sources said, Rajendra Das, a temporary computer operator of UBI’s Shantirbazar branch had been assigned the task to maintain the daily operations of the funds for pensioners, wages of MGNREGA and old age pension since August 26, 2006 till date.
During the period, Rajendra Das managed to transfer the amount of Rs 3 lakh in the account of his father (Rabindra Das) , Rs 28.32 lakh into his mother’s (Manjurani Das)account, Rs 19.20 lakh into his brother-in-law ‘s(Litan das) account through the computerized system of UBI .
In May, 2012, when Rajendra tried to open a fixed deposit account at the Shantirbazar branch of UBI, entire embezzlement of fund was noticed by the officials of UBI branch. In the meantime, accused Rajendra managed to escape from the bank.
Soon after the incident, the top officials of UBI from Kolkata camped at Shantirbazar branch and during their investigation they recovered all transaction details of forgery of government funds.
On Wednesday, UBI filed a specific case against accused Rajendra Das and suspended branch manager Shankar Malakar on charges of dereliction of duty.
So far, main accused Rajendra Das has remained untraced.
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