Port Blair, Oct 7: A sensitization programme was organized for the police officers in the conference hall of the office of Superintendent of Police, South Andaman District on Tuesday. More than 50 police officers of various rank from Assistant Sub-Inspector to DySP including Station House officers, Probationer Sub Inspectors attended the programme. Mr Manoj Kumar and Ms Hemanti Sarkar, Assistant General Managers of Reserve Bank of India, Kolkata sensitized the police officers on “NBFC companies/collection of unauthorized deposits by illegal entities/companies” wherein the RBI officials briefed the police officers on the modus operandi of illegal mobilization of deposits by unscrupulous entities and how to curb the menace. They highlighted about the companies which allure people by announcing/advertising higher interest rates and get them to deposit their earned savings and that initially, such companies give good returns to some customers but after collecting a huge amount from the customers they fled away. People are being cheated by such companies even after being sensitized by the Banks and Police because of their lack of awareness or ignorance.
The officials of RBI also discussed the various fraudulent chit fund companies which have cheated the general public in the past few years. Some police officers entrusted with the investigation of such cheating cases of fraudulent companies shared the problems being faced upon which, the officials suggested some measures which would be benefited for them.
