Nayagarh: Nayagarh police have arrested a former employee of Suryodaya Small Finance Company for allegedly defrauding it of Rs 40 lakh.
The accused has been identified as Prabir Kumar Senapati, a native of Tolapada village under Delanga police limits of Puri district. Police have seized Rs seized Rs 9.90 lakh in cash and a mobile phone from the accused.
According to the police, Senapati who was a former employee at the Nayagarh branch of Suryodaya Small Finance Co by using access credentials and password allotted to him had opened eight fake accounts and transferred Rs 40 lakh. Later he had transferred the amount to his personal bank account in Axis Bank, Nayagarh branch.
“He had opened eight fake accounts and several beneficiaries had deposited around Rs 40 lakh in these accounts. Accused Prabir Kumar Senapati had transferred this amount to his personal account in Axis Bank, Nayagarh,” informed Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl.SP) Nayagarh Umakanta Mallick.
The Addl. SP said that Senapati had withdrawn around Rs 9.90 lakh from his Axis Bank account on February 8 and had purchased a life insurance for Rs 1,04,500.
When these facts came to light, Area Manager of Suryodaya Small Finance Co.Jyotiranjan Parida had filed a complaint at Nayagarh police station.
“Following the complaint we registered a case. In the course of investigation we arrested Senapati from his native village Tolapada and we have seized Rs 9.90 lakh in cash and his mobile phone from his possession,” stated Mallick.
He will be forwarded to court today, Mallick added.
