Sarpang police arrested a man last Friday for forging the signature of his friend to withdraw money from the friend’s account. The incident took place on August 6.
The incident came to the notice of the account holder only last Thursday. The victim and the alleged are friends.
On August 14, when the victim wanted to withdraw money from his account, he was informed that he did not have enough cash in his account. Upon checking the account statement, he found Nu.45,000 had been withdrawn from his account on August 6 from the BoB branch office in Tsirang.
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The man immediately called the Branch manager in Tsirang and informed about the incident.
According to the victim, upon questioning, how the transaction took place without his Identity card or other relevant documents, he was told that the transactions took place as per the rules of the bank.
The alleged, who is under police custody, admitted having withdrawn the cash from his friend’s account.
The bank officials are cautioning people to take proper care of their banking documents. Police will soon forward the case to the office of the attorney general.
