Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 15: In an ATM fraud of Rs 45 lakh, Crime Branch, Jammu has booked Custodian and Area Manager of Securitrans India Pvt Ltd, which has been providing Cash Management Services for commercial banks and covers about 700 ATMs of various banks in J&K as well as other States in the country.
The company replenishes cash as per Bank requirement and for this purpose, the company had employed/engaged its employees called Custodians.
Accused Sanjay Johar (Custodian), was entrusted the job to replenish cash in the ATMs in Jammu Region as per the requirement and demand from the respective banks while Ashish Sharma (Area Manager) was entrusted the job to look after the work of employees of the said company and effect changes in the routes of the Custodians as per norms of the company.
However, the manager did not change the routes of their custodians particularly, Sanjay Johar, as both, in connivance with each other, continuously and with ulterior motives siphoned off the public money.
As per records, Custodian Sanjay Johar had manipulated the dispense counters by not providing the correct number details and pocketed the difference amount of Rs 45,00,000/- besides Rs 10,00,000/- from ATMs situated at Vinayak Bazar, Dogra Chowk and Satwari Jammu.
During the Crime Branch enquiry, it was found that accused Sanjay Johar in connivance with Ashish Sharma, used to operate single handedly in various ATMs and intentionally defaulted by depositing less amount by preparing false records, which surfaced during the course of audit by one of the banks.
A case FIR in this connection has been registered against the accused under Section 420, 409, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC.
The case was registered on a written complaint by the Branch Manager, Securitrans India Pvt. Ltd, branch office R.P-9 Complex Ground Floor 4/2 Ext. Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, duly endorsed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jammu.
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