Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 15: Police today arrested a guardian of an orphan for fraudulently withdrawing Rs. 1, 67,000 from a local bank by using the orphan’s cash certificate.
A police spokesman said Habibullah Teli of Shaloora had fraudulently withdrawn an amount of Rs. 1,67,000/- from J&K Bank Trehgam against a cash certificate which was existing in the name of his niece Sabreena, an orphan girl, as a share of ex-gratia amount granted to her. She had received her share after the death of her father.
“Teli who is the guardian of the girl Sabreena and was in possession of the cash certificate, had produced his daughter Muneera in the Bank as Sabreena and managed to withdraw the said amount,” the spokesman said.
He said Sabreena came to know about the incident on May 12 and she complained to police.
“A case FIR No. 31/2014 u/s 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 109 RPC was registered on her application. During the course of investigation, the relevant documents were collected by the Police and the suspected Teli was arrested and questioned,” he said, adding, the amount of Rs. 167,000 withdrawn from the bank was recovered from him by the Police and same has been deposited in the account of victim Sabreena after completion of necessary legal formalities.
The fraudster has been arrested.
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