Daijiworld Media Network - Brahmavar (SP)

Brahmavar, Dec 11: A case about opening separate accounts to which loan amount sanctioned in a society was credited and thus some people were defrauded, has been registered in Brahmavar police station.

In his complaint, Chandra Naik from Hengavalli Maroor said that he was putting together money to perform the marriage of his younger sister, when Ganesh Naik, who is known to him, came forward to get him loan sanctioned at St Milagres Cooperative Society Brahmavar. He accordingly visited the society where the manager, Bhagyalaxmi and an employee, Niranjan, got his signature and cheque, and promised to credit Rs 2.5 lac into his account. However, this amount was never deposited in his account, he has claimed.

Chandra was surprised when he got notice from the society to repay the loan instalments, even though he had not availed any loan. He came to know that Ganesh, along with Bhagyalaxmi and Niranjan, had transferred money to the account of Ganesh and misused it. When they were questioned, he says, he was threatened.

Similar complaints have been received from some others, and the total amount of fraud is said to be Rs 10.85 lac. In the complaints, another person, Ramesh Naik, has also been named as an accused. Brahmavar police, who have registered a case, are probing.