Bank manager, assistant accused of Rs 1.89 crore unauthorised transfers from customer accounts

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: According to Channarayapatna police, Ganesh Babu, a bank manager and Jitendra Kumar, an assistant at Karnataka Grameena Bank's Channarayapatna branch, have been accused of unauthorised money transfers from customers' accounts.

The total amount transferred without the customers' consent is Rs 1.89 crore. The illicit transactions, conducted through RTGS transactions, took place between June 3 and July 17.

The victims, identified as Ramakka, Papamma, Chaitra Yadav, Kishore and Venkatappa, realised that money had been deducted from their accounts and promptly visited the bank to address the issue.

As a result of the affected customers' protests, both Ganesh Babu and Jitendra Kumar were suspended from their positions at the bank. The case has been registered against the suspects in Channarayapatana.