LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Ranchi, July 14: Chaibasa ACB Court has found Sanjay Kumar Dalmia and various officials of Jharkhand State Cooperative Bank (JSCB) guilty of a fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 4.44 crore from the Seraikela branch of the cooperative bank.
Those found guilty are Seraikela resident Dalmia, the then bank branch manager Sunil Kumar Sathpathy, assistant Madan Lal Prajapati, and the then AGM in Ranchi Head Office Sandip Sengupta guilty. The Court will announce the punishments later.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) had carried out the probe and is considered to be a major success for the department. The CID had arrested Dalmia, who was on the run for many years, from near Balaji Dham under Hirapur police station area in Burdwan district of West Bengal.
The then CID DSP Animesh Gupta had led Dalmia’s arrest under Seraikela Police Station FIR number – 118/2019. Dalmia is a resident of Ward Number 6 in Seraikela Nagar Panchayat. Bank manager Sunil Kumar Sathpathy, staff Mansha Ram Mahato and Madan Lal Prajapati were arrested before Dalmia’s arrest.
In another case of Rs 2.50 crore fraud from the same Seraikela branch of JSCB, main accused Vijay Kumar Singh has been sentenced 10 years of jail term by the Chaibasa Vigilance Court. Seraikela Police had arrested him on 25 August 2020 and had sent him to jail. Three persons have been made the main accused in this case.
The CID, which took over the case a few days ago, is investigating the matter.
It may be noted that the Rs 38 crore scam was unearthed earlier from the same cooperative bank branch of Seraikela. The CID is already investigating the case.
It is for the first time that the CID has been able to get punishment for the accused of a multi-crore scam. The then CID ADG Anil Palta had initiated the probe in the multi-crore scam in the cooperative bank at Seraikela.
