Digital arrest: Two Kolkata bankers are denied bail by a Bengaluru court
In order to arrange the funds, the victim, Vijay Kumar, sold his shares and moved Rs 11.83 crore from his two savings bank accounts.
In Bangalore, a sessions court denied the anticipatory release request of two West Bengal nationalized bank personnel who were accused of helping cybercriminals move Rs 96 lakh to several accounts while the complainant was under digital arrest.
In order to arrange the funds, the victim, Vijay Kumar, sold his shares and moved Rs 11.83 crore from his two savings bank accounts.
The petitioners, Janaki Das and Senior Manager Rupak Ghosh, are employees of Canara Bank's Entally Branch in Kolkata. The prosecution said that accused No. 7, Umashankar Bhattacharya, had used fictitious documents to open an account at the branch in collusion with the two officers.
According to the report, Umashankar unlawfully deposited Rs 96 lakh online and added two cell numbers to his account.
Rashmi M, Judge of the 67th Additional City Civil and Sessions Court, dismissed the petitions filed in connection with the case registered with the city's North East CEN Crime police station. "The prosecution specifically alleges that the petitioners, who are senior bank officers, conspired with other accused to create a fictitious account and transfer lakhs of dollars, and they are actively involved in the commission of the alleged offence of digital fraud," she said.
The petitioners, who assert that they are innocent and have been wrongfully accused, stated that they were unable to stop the transactions until they were informed.
The court observed that the branch formed an account to transfer funds under SB INTERIO's name. Bhattacharya, the proprietor, signed the application, which also has the petitioners' signatures and seal. However, the court pointed out that the application lacks the Aadhaar number, which demonstrates their active engagement, and the proof of address column does not include the whole address.
On November 11, Vijay Kumar, the complainant, received multiple messages and advertising from his number, and an unidentified individual posing as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India informed him over the phone that a case had been filed against him in the Mumbai Crime Branch.
The caller informed the victim that his SIM card would be stopped because there is a complaint filed in the Mumbai Colaba Crime Branch regarding the usage of his Aadhaar number by an unidentified individual, Naresh Goyal, to launder Rs 6 crore.
By giving him multiple links indicating that his case would be heard before the Supreme Court on November 25, 2024, and that he may attend the virtual hearing, Vijay Kumar was informed that he would be placed under digital arrest and asked to download the SKYPE application.
Between November 11th, 2024, and the afternoon of November 12th, 2024, he moved Rs 11.83 crore while under digital arrest.
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