Canara bank fraud: Only minimum balance in accounts of accused and relatives

PATHANAMTHITTA: The police have found that there is no money in the bank account of the accused in the case of swindling crores from the Canara Bank. Only a minimum balance is there in the accounts of the accused in the case, Vijeesh, a native of Avaneeshwaram in Kollam and his relatives.

Nearly Rs 6.5 crore had reached the accounts of the accused's mother, wife and father-in-law. The money was withdrawn before the bank accounts were frozen. The police are now investigating where this money has gone. The investigation team will examine more suspicious accounts.

The police will also examine whether more people are involved in the case. Vijeesh will be produced in the court today. The police took him into custody from Bengaluru on Sunday evening. He cheated an amount of Rs 8 crore and 13 lakh from various accounts of Pathanamthitta Canara Bank branch. The fraud was committed in 191 transactions over a span of 14 months. The bank officials began an investigation on the complaint that an account in which Rs 10 lakh had been deposited had been closed without the customer’s knowledge on February 11.