Police registers FIR, Bank clerk goes underground

Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, May 22: The police has seized record from the J&K Bank branch in Darhal and registered a case in connection with the alleged scholarship fraud of  the students of  Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri today.
A senior police officer said that on the basis of  some inputs from the University students and complaint filed by the Bank Manager, Raiki Bain branch of J&K Bank near Darhal, the investigation was started. He said a police party under the supervision of SDPO Thannamandi Iftikhar Talib was assigned the task. They seized record from the bank and started scrutiny. Though some record from the University was also sought but some people there did not cooperate.
He said that an FIR No. 46/ 2015 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 409 and 109 RPC has been registered at Darhal Police Station. He further said that during preliminary investigation involvement of a JK Bank clerk Ajaz Malik has been detected. With the connivance of some people from BGSB University, this fraud worth lakhs,   has been committed by the clerk. He has gone underground and will be arrested shortly. Some employees of the BGSBU are also likely to be arrested shortly, he added.
It has been found that some fraudulent accounts were opened by some people in this branch and when the scholarship cheques from the SWD or Higher Education Department were issued to the SC and ST students, these people used to divert them in those accounts. He said till now a fraud of nearly Rs 8 lakh has been detected and further investigation was in progress. Hundreds of ST/ SC students have been cheated and deprived of the scholarship by the fraudsters.
Meanwhile, a special audit  team of the J&K Bank also reached today at this branch and started its work to establish the total fraud and detect the involvement of  the staff members. A senior Bank officer said that those found connived with then Varsity staff for the fraud will be sacked.

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