Kota: A ICICI Bank Relations Manager at Kota, Rajasthan’s Kota, Sakshi Gupta has allegedly excluded from Rs 4.6 crore out of 110 accounts of 41 customers, which had turned into duds for unauthorized stock market investment from 2020 to 2023, which reports Rajiv Saxena.Police said Sakshi replaced the mobile numbers registered in several accounts related to her relatives to hide the illegal cash pullout, ensuring that the transaction alert and OTP were removed from real customers.In one example, Sakshi used an elderly woman’s account – without her knowledge – as a “pool account”, reshuffled over Rs 3 crore by February 15, 2023. Many unauthorized income was transferred to Demet accounts as an attempt to recruit on stock deals.ICICI Bank suspended its DCM branch in Kota after his arrest last week. But the Kota police is investigating whether others were involved and requested documents from the bank. Investigations revealed that Gupta allegedly misused the debit card, PIN and OTP for his unauthorized transactions, and even activated overdraft facilities in 40 accounts without customers’ consent. Police said it closed the fixed deposits of 31 customers and redirected Rs 1.34 crore to unauthorized accounts.A fraudulent personal loan of Rs 3.4 lakh was also disabled.The bank has assured the customers that it has informed the authorities about the fraud.
