SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, March 2: Police have arrested a LIC agent for cheating Rs. 30 lakhs of a retired coal worker of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and was sent to jail.
As per the complaint lodged in Mahuda police station, coalman Prabal Singh, a resident of Barki village retired from service in 2019 from Murlidih mines of BCCL and handed over his papers to the LIC agent Sushant Dey for clearing his provident fund, gratuity and other benefits from the coal company.
Police officials said that Prabal Singh got Rs 30 lakhs retirement benefit and got it deposited in the SBI Pupunki branch and Bank of India Mahuda branch.
As per the complaint, since LIC agent Sushant Dey had already taken the ATM card and cheque book from Prabal Singh, he allegedly began withdrawing and transferring money from the retired coalman’s account into his own.
When Prabal Singh went to assess his bank deposits, he was surprised to find cheating in his accounts. He complained to the Mahuda police station on Tuesday. Police immediately nabbed accused Sushant Dey from Monidih’s residence and began an interrogation.
The police officers of Mahuda police station said that without withdrawing cash from the ATM, the accused LIC agent had also transferred Rs 4.5 lakh, Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh in his account on three different occasions.
