Shimla
Two separate cases of major fraud with two major banks in the name of gold loan have come to light in Shimla. A total fraud of more than Rs 59 lakh has taken place in UCO Bank and ICICI Bank, in which the police have registered a case against 6 people.
According to the complaint of UCO Bank Manager Gurpreet Singh, five people together took a gold loan of Rs 55 lakh 45 thousand 500 from the bank and are not paying even after giving repeated notices. A case of cheating has been registered against accused Vasudev Pathak, Basant Lal, Vikas Kumar, Ankita and Chandra Das.
The second case is related to ICICI Bank, where bank manager Manish Sharma has filed a complaint against Surendra Kalta. The accused had taken a loan of Rs 3 lakh 83 thousand 400 to buy gold. Despite sending repeated notices, he did not pay the loan amount.
Police have registered a case against all the accused under sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code at Sadar Police Station Shimla and started investigation. A total fraud of Rs 59 lakh 28 thousand 900 has been committed in both the banks