Three held for attempting to withdraw Rs 1 crore with fake cheque

AHMEDABAD: The city crime branch sleuths on Thursday nabbed Rashid Momin, Santosh Chaudhary and Vijay Mafatlal for attempting to withdraw Rs 99,99,800 on a duplicate cheque, presented in Limbdi branch of SBI. Earlier a case was registered with police station of Raipur, Chhattisgarh, against the three accused. The crime branch officials have handed over the accused to Raipur police.
The officials picked up the trio from near Vastral RTO. It came to light during interrogation of the accused that along with their accomplices they had forged a cheque of Rs 99,99,800 in the name of Ashutosh Engineering Industries located in Raipur and presented in the Limbdi branch of SBI on 1 June 2016.
However, before giving clearance to the cheque, the bank manager verified with the company which claimed that it had not issued any such cheque. tnn