Siliguri, 03rd November: The decision of CBI court has come after 22 years of the scam in the Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank. Today, Siliguri CBI Court Judge Manvendra Mohan Sarkar pronounced his verdict by holding the senior clerk and also the cashier of the bank guilty. He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for four years and a fine of Rs 70,000.
Reportedly in the year 1995, in the Sukna branch of Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank, a case of fraud of Rs 75,000 was revealed where the scam was conducted by using the names of about 10 to 15 people. After this, the bank management took the matter to the CBI.
During the investigation, the CBI learned the mastermind behind the scam was the bank’s senior clerk and cashier Subhash Chandra Roy. Following this, the CBI arrested him immediately and the trial of the said case started in the Siliguri CBI Court from the year 2009. During the trial, it was revealed that Subhash Chandra Roy had scammed Rs 75,000 by making about 25 counterfeit transactions under fake accounts. Over the trials, he was found guilty of the crime of scam.
After this, the Siliguri CBI Court today convicted Roy and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for four years and a fine of Rs 70,000. According to the information received from the government parties of the CBI court, Subhash Chandra Roy had also withdrawn money using the name of a deceased tea garden worker.