SBI Bank Manager’s intelligence saved crores of rupees of Elderly Woman

A case has come to light wherein a bank manager working in State Bank of India has saved crores of rupees of a customer. The incident took place in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

A retired woman principal living in Indore’s Tukoganj area was saved from being a victim of digital arrest due to the presence of mind of a bank officer. On May 27, the elderly woman received a call from a woman. She introduced herself as an employee of TRAI (Telecom Regulation Authority of India) and asked to deactivate the SIM of the elderly woman.

The woman who had called her was actually a fraudster. She called the elderly woman, threatened her and asked her to talk to Colaba Police Station of Maharashtra. She later asked the elderly woman to talk to CBI. The elderly woman became frightened and the fraudster tried to use this opportunity. She asked the elderly woman to pay bribe to settle the issue.

After this, the elderly woman did not even talk to her husband and the servant working in the house. She kept herself locked in the room. The fraudsters said that to save herself, she would have to transfer Rs 1 crore to their account. The victim was asked to break the FDs of Rs 52 lakh and Rs 50 lakh deposited in her account and transfer the money. She went to SBI bank to break the FD.

When she approached the bank, she met SBI Manager Geetanjali Gupta. On talking to the customer, she realised that something was wrong. She quickly realised that the elderly woman was being tricked. She did not break the FD of elderly woman saying that the server was down. After this, she called Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya and informed him about the whole matter.

The crime branch officials talked to the elderly woman and got her mobile switched off. The crime branch remained in touch with the woman in this matter for two days. On Sunday, the Additional DCP himself went to the woman’s house and talked to her. The victim’s 85-year-old husband has also been a manager in LIC.

Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotia said that on the morning of 27 May, retired principal of Central School Nandani Chiplunkar received a fake call. The woman calling introduced herself as an officer of TRAI and said that she wanted to shut down her SIM. When asked the reason, the call was transferred to Colaba station. Here someone called himself DCP Anant Kumar Arya and talked to her. Accusing her of knowing Jet Airways owner Naresh Goyal, he said that many transactions had been done from Nandani’s account. When Nandani denied, another woman officer named Rashmi Shukla talked to Nandani and told her that she had worked with him on many projects. Naresh himself has told this in the court. The woman was threatened by saying that 267 FIRs have been registered against her. She was taken on a video call and was refused to leave the room.

Rajesh Dandotia contacted the woman’s family members and found out that their relative Deepak lives in Indore. Whereas the son is in the US. When Deepak spoke to Nandini, she said that she had to withdraw money for personal work. Later, Rajesh Dandotia spoke on the mobile and asked Nandini to switch off her mobile for two days. But on Sunday, when the mobile was switched on, calls started coming again. After this, Additional DCP reached their house on Sunday and explained to them that there is no such thing as digital arrest. Considering the age of the couple, an FIR was registered at home itself. The cyber team of the crime branch is now collecting information about the numbers from which the elderly woman had received calls.

More details will be released soon.