Chargesheet filed in fraud case

By Our Staff Reporter

MADURAI, DEC. 7. The CBI today filed a chargesheet in the CBI Special court on two persons, including a bank manager, for misappropriating NRI deposits to the tune of Rs. 5 crores.

The Bank Securities and Fraud Cell (BSFC) of the CBI, Bangalore, was entrusted with the investigation of a fraud committed on NRI deposit holders at the Rockfort City branch of a nationalised bank at Tiruchi during 1997-98. The CBI investigation, conducted as three cases, had revealed that nearly Rs. 5 crores from various NRI deposits had been siphoned off by fabricating false documents. The CBI said former manager of the bank, Mr. Gopalasamy, in connivance with a few others had committed the crime.

Meanwhile, the CBI team led by the Inspector, BSFC, Mr. P.M. Satheesh, had filed a chargesheet in one of the three cases, in which Rs. 40 lakhs were misappropriated. The chargesheet in the other two are expected to be filed on Monday.

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