An earlier report published in The Sangai Express had exposed withdrawal of the said amount from the allocation of Central Government's MultiSectoral Development programme meant for implementation in the district under the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA).
However, cheque slips used to withdraw the amount (Rs 4.45 crore) in two separate stages, were yet to be issued to the DRDA as the process was supposed to be, mentioned a report submitted by the district's Deputy Commissioner on the matter.
The DC's report based on preliminary investigation revealed that even though DRDA withdrawals are usually made from the UBI branch, cheque slips used to withdraw the huge amount in between October 3 and 10 do not match cheque numbers that had been issued to the DRDA thereby leading to strong suspicion of Bank employees' involvement in the fraud case.
With the DC's report also suggesting appropriate measures from the Bank authorities to nail the guilty persons, if any, an official team of the UBI had reportedly launched an internal investigation.
An informed source also confided that the UBI team is yet to submit its probe report to relevant authorities.
It may be mentioned that manager and cashier of the UBI, Churachandpur Branch have been taken into custody by the police. Imphal, October 22 : Preliminary investigations into the fraudulent withdrawal of about Rs 4.45 crores from the United Bank of India, Churachandpur branch indicate strong possibility of involvement of the branch's staff in the fraud case.
An earlier report published in The Sangai Express had exposed withdrawal of the said amount from the allocation of Central Government's MultiSectoral Development programme meant for implementation in the district under the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA).
However, cheque slips used to withdraw the amount (Rs 4.45 crore) in two separate stages, were yet to be issued to the DRDA as the process was supposed to be, mentioned a report submitted by the district's Deputy Commissioner on the matter.
The DC's report based on preliminary investigation revealed that even though DRDA withdrawals are usually made from the UBI branch, cheque slips used to withdraw the huge amount in between October 3 and 10 do not match cheque numbers that had been issued to the DRDA thereby leading to strong suspicion of Bank employees' involvement in the fraud case.
With the DC's report also suggesting appropriate measures from the Bank authorities to nail the guilty persons, if any, an official team of the UBI had reportedly launched an internal investigation.
An informed source also confided that the UBI team is yet to submit its probe report to relevant authorities.
It may be mentioned that manager and cashier of the UBI, Churachandpur Branch have been taken into custody by the police.
