PSU bank deputy manager held for siphoning off fund

A deputy manager of a leading PSU bank was among two people detained for siphoning off Rs 26 lakh from the bank account of a former DIG of Assam Police. Police registered a case and started an investigation after Bhabadhar Dutta, 84, retired DIG of police, lodged a complaint that Rs 26 lakh was transferred from his account at SBI’s Barbari branch on several dates to several accounts without his consent.

During the probe, police found that the transactions were made to mainly three persons. “On examination of those persons, they disclosed that one person, namely Gulenur Hussain, then branch manager of SBI’s Barbari branch, currently posted at the Dispur SCAB (Specialised Currency Administration Branch) as a deputy manager, made the transactions through internet banking.