CUDDALORE:
The movement of the convicts, who were released from the central prisons in Cuddalore, Vellore, Tiruchi and the Union Territory of Puducherry in the past three months, has been put under the scanner, said Ashwin Kotnis, Superintendent of Police.
Addressing a press conference here recently, Mr. Kotnis said that a list of all those who were released after having served the jail terms had been prepared for the purpose. Similarly, the dossiers of those persons who had indulged in grave crimes in the past 10 years too had been prepared and the security personnel had been put on their trail.
The SP said that it had come to light that Abdul B.Rahim, a former manager of a private bank at Chidambaram, had defrauded two women customers to the tune of Rs. 2 lakh by fake registration in an insurance scheme.
Mr. Kotnis said that Rahim sold the scheme to A.Sheria Begum of Adhi Varaga Nallur and obtained Rs. 1 lakh from her on January 29, 2007 as a deposit for a 10-year period. After 10 days, he issued her a fake receipt and also a booklet to make her believe that her policy was ready.
Later, on learning about the features of the scheme, her mother-in-law Mehboob Be, too handed over Rs. 1 lakh to Rahim on February 8, 2008 and for her also, he gave a fake receipt and booklet.
When the customers approached the bank to know the status of their investments, the new branch manager Ayyappan, after verification, told them that their names were not in the records and the receipts were fake. Hence, they lodged a complaint with the Chidambaram police on December 29, 2008.
When the SP went for a review in the Chidambaram police station, he deputed security personnel to find out whether the women had really invested the money. After convinced of the authenticity of the transactions the SP wrote to the bank's head office in Mumbai. An official team from the bank flew down here and after inspection it found that the former branch manager had cheated the women. Therefore, the bank subsequently dismissed him and arranged for the refund of the money (Rs. 2 lakhs) to them. Mr. Kotnis handed over the cheques to the customers at his office on Sunday.
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