Srinagar: Police Thursday arrested legal guardian of an orphan for fraudulently withdrawing over 1.60 Lakh rupees, using orphans cash certificate at a local bank. Police has arrested the fraudster and recovered the money from him. The money has been deposited back into the orphans account.
A police spokesman in a statement said that Habibullah Teli of Shaloora had fraudulently withdrawn an amount of Rs. 1,67,000/- from J&K Bank Trehgam against a cash certificate which was existing in the name his niece Sabreena (an orphan girl) as a share of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.
He said that 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.
On 12/05/2014 Sabreena came to know about the incident and she approached police station Trehgam. A case FIR No. 31/2014 u/s 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 109 RPC was registered on her application, he said.
The official further said that during the course of investigation, the relevant documents were collected by the Police and the suspected Teli was arrested and questioned. The amount of Rs. 167,000/- withdrawn from the bank was recovered from him by the Police and same has been deposited in the account of victim Sabreena after completion of necessary legal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. (GNS)
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