Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, Nov 01: A large number of customers of Punjab National Bank have alleged that without their knowledge one of the higher lady officer of Punjab National Bank have sanctioned loan, in their name, for her own personal benefits.
According to the victims, mostly teachers, one of their colleagues has taken ID proofs from them promising enrollment with a private company, from where they will get cosmetics on regular intervals.
“We have received cosmetics but we were not knowing that our documents were actually used for taking loan under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yogna (PMMY) from PNB. We came to know about this only when other banks refused to give us loan as we were made defaulter by Punjab National Bank in its ghost account,” said a complainant, who alleged that several hundred such ghost accounts has been created by the said staff and money has been taken on loan by her and finally the account holders were declared as defaulter, while the actual person has no knowledge about it. “This is a big financial scam,” she alleged.
“I have never taken loan from any bank but now I have been told that I am a defaulter of PNB bank. I have clearly been cheated by one of my colleagues, whose sister is the senior officer of PNB’s Garacharma Branch,” one of the victims added.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha the victims of financial fraud said that they have also given a complaint to the higher authorities of the Punjab National Bank and also to the Tylerabad Police Unit, Ograbraj Police Unit and met the SP CID. “We are still waiting for an action from the Bank and police Department,” the victims said.
When contacted, a senior most officers of the PNB, who does not want his name to be quoted, said that they have reported the matter to their Headquarter at Kolkata. “Let the police initiate action against the fraudster who is an employee of our bank,” the officer said.
