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Axis Bank Scam: Rs.50 crores stolen from account of customers in Mohali


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On Wednesday, an embezzlement case involving crores of rupees came to light at the Axis Bank branch located in Bansepur village, under the New Chandigarh Mullanpur police station. This incident caused an uproar among account holders who rushed to the bank to check their accounts, only to find that large sums of money were missing from many customers’ accounts.

According to the customers, they allege that the bank manager himself had withdrawn their money, leading to angry protests and slogans against the manager. In response to the customers’ anger, the bank employees left the bank and fled. Later, the affected customers filed complaints at the New Chandigarh Mullanpur police station. The acting branch head of Axis Bank, Vikas Sood, lodged a complaint against the manager, Gaurav Sharma, who resides in BPO Bhoa tehsil Pathankot.

The police have registered a case against the manager under sections 381, 409, and 20B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and have initiated an investigation. They assure that the accused will be apprehended soon.

Customers present at the scene reported that they had deposited their money in various forms, including fixed deposits and savings accounts. They alleged that the bank manager had changed the mobile numbers linked to their accounts, preventing them from receiving transaction messages. Additionally, the bank employees had not been updating the passbooks of customers for several months, saying that machine was not working.

The incident came to light when a customer discovered missing money after obtaining their account statement from another source. Suspicion grew when the bank manager did not show up for work for several days. The manager resides alone in a flat on the third floor of house number 302 located in Ambika Florence Park. After the incident, the flat was locked, and the manager’s phone was switched off.

One of the affected customers, Gurdeep Singh, filed a complaint with the police stating that his family had received compensation for land acquisition from PUDA, which he had deposited in his savings account at Axis Bank in the village. When he went to withdraw the money on Wednesday afternoon, he discovered that his account was empty. After contacting the bank manager, his phone was switched off. Gurdeep mentioned that the manager had linked his mobile number to his account, which prevented him from receiving transaction notifications.

Similar experiences were reported by other customers who found large sums of money missing from their accounts. For example, one customer discovered that Rs 15 lakh was missing, while another found Rs 70 lakh missing. It is alleged that the manager transferred money from customers’ accounts to different names, with a significant portion of the funds being transferred to the manager’s parents’ account. The victims reported that the manager had linked his mobile number to their bank accounts.

The investigation is ongoing, and the police are working to apprehend the accused and recover the embezzled funds.

The embezzlement case at the Axis Bank branch in Bansepur, New Chandigarh Mullanpur has caused significant distress among account holders who discovered missing funds from their accounts. The police have registered a case against the bank manager and are actively investigating the matter.

10 Comments

  1. Beyond my understanding that despite of a good white collar job and handsome salary why Bank personnels ruin the image of Banking institution, if they do not satisfy themselves with job, they should try for another recruitment, where they find satisfy but never do embezzlement in customers’ A/c this misdeed badly affects for new coming generations in Banking Industry.

  2. Definitely it is a white collar job but the salary is not handsome .Add on the unrealistic business target and sleepless nights. All the front end staffs including the managers are simply crushed everyday by the senior management who never would have went to real scenario where they have to face a customer.i am not saying whatever happened here is right. But as we all know every action has a reaction. Hope someday the senior management, happily seating in their A/C chamber , enjoying the salary that they got due to hard work from ground level staff, will realise the situation.

  3. 😀Rs. 50 crores being used for opening new accounts for completing the targets. This is shockingly amazing. Shame to these targets and shame to you who did this job and justifies the embezzlement in the name of the targets. The education institutions, the corporates and the individuals need to understand that what is the kind of generating we building for the society. This is highly alarming.

  4. Lol targets were achieved but at what cost, bank should also think into its policy of targets given to employees are practical or not.

  5. I differ from one who mentioned salary of Bank staff is not huge.Their salary is in lakhs.It is private sector bank yearly bonus will be in lakhs.Swallowing money of customers is sin.God will not leave them unpunished.No justification for this kind of fraud.Auditing is not proper now a days.RBI needs to tighten their rules.

  6. Bank higher ups should be ashamed for forcing employees unattainable targets.People will be afraid of coming to bank.
    Govt should take very strict action.The bank should settle the money with interest.What is the use of kyc when bank itself is a big thief.

  7. If you lost is Rs 15 lakhs, bank will pay Rs 15 lakhs x 100 Times= Rs1500 = Rs 15 Crore….
    Incase of incidents such as fire, theft/ burglary/ robbery, dacoity, building collapse the banks’ are liable to pay for an amount equivalent to one hundred times the prevailing annual rent of the safe deposit locker….
    If your locker rent is Rs 2000, bank will pay Rs 200,000, irrespective of the amount kept in the locker.

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