A retired man, Syed Misbahuddin’s bank account has been wiped clean by fraudsters. The total amount cleared from his account was almost 49 lakhs. All the fraudulent transactions were done through cheques.
A resident of Abids, Hyderabad, Misbahuddin owns a non-resident external (NRE) account from the time he used to work in Dubai. While there he used to send all his monthly incomes to his family that stayed in Hyderabad. The family has been saving the hard earned money for their daughter’s marriage.
The father said, “We were saving money for my daughter’s marriage, and I had withdrawn Rs. 8 lakh from my account on November 22 for the wedding.” The family was unaware of the transaction. They came to know only when a bank employee approached him asking him if he withdrew Rs. 48,15,303 from his account.
The account owner, when rushed to the bank, found out that a total of Rs. 9.21 lakh had been withdrawn on December 16, and the rest of the amount on December 20, 22 and 26. The retired man launched a complaint at the Abids Police station, who are now investigating the case.
