Immovable assets and fixed deposits worth Rs 2.56 crore of a former Punjab & Sind Bank officer have been attached after it was found that he allegedly broke fixed deposits of customers, worth over Rs 52 crore, and used the money to play online games, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Sunday.
Bedanshu Shekhar Mishra, posted at the bank’s branch at Khalsa College in Delhi University’s north campus, was suspended in November 2022 after the alleged fraud came to light, the central agency said in its statement.
The ED case, filed under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), stems from a CBI FIR. It is alleged that the fraud took place in 2021-22.
The ED said the probe found that Mishra “reportedly misused his official position and carried out fraudulent transactions by using his system ID and those of other staff members in an unauthorised way to break FDs of several customers, including those from Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Delhi University, without their knowledge”.
He “committed fraud and forgery with the bank as well as with the account holders of the bank and misappropriated or siphoned public money to the tune of Rs 52,99,53,698,” the agency claimed.
It further alleged that the accounts to which the proceeds were transferred by Mishra were borrowed by the owners of the gaming website/companies on commission basis.
(Courtesy:- The Tribune, 22 January 2024)
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