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Three convicted for bank fraud, sent to five years in jail

The convicted were identified as Minesh Dave, agriculture officer and bank manager Edar branch Bank of Baroda, Natwar Lal Patel and Jasu Patel.

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The special CBI court of Bela Trivedi convicted three people in a bank fraud case. They were given five years of rigorous imprisonment. The convicted were identified as Minesh Dave, agriculture officer and bank manager Edar branch Bank of Baroda, Natwar Lal Patel and Jasu Patel.

Prosecution lawyer, JN Parmar said, “The three submitted fake cheques of State bank of India, Manekchowk branch and withdrew money amounting to Rs22.45 lakh from Bank of Baroda (Edar branch) from 1982 to 1986.”

Parmar said the conviction was awarded based on statements of 30 witnesses and more than 400 documentary evidences. According to the case details, Dave who was an agriculture officer and bank manager at BoB Edar (branch ) helped Natwar and Jasu in opening a fixed savings and current account at Bank of Baroda Edar branch. He was the introducer for them.

The duo then opened fixed accounts at various banks in Ahmedabad including SBI main branch Bhadra, SBI Manekchowk, SBI Polytechnic branch, UCO bank, and at Bank of Baroda Shakeriseri and Rakhiyal branch. The three then between 1982 and 1986 withdrew money from Bank of Baroda Edar branch by submitting fake cheques.
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