Overview
- State Bank of India’s High Court branch in Kolkata has filed a cybercrime complaint and begun an internal review, with Kolkata Police tracing the fund trail.
- According to the bank’s complaint, fraudsters updated KYC on October 28 using fake PAN and Aadhaar with a different photograph and changed the registered mobile number.
- Investigators say the money was first moved from Banerjee’s personal SBI Kalighat account into the dormant account and then dispersed via online transfers.
- The stolen sum, reported at roughly Rs 55–56.39 lakh, was routed to multiple beneficiary accounts, used for jewellery purchases, and withdrawn through ATMs.
- SBI has pledged full cooperation by sharing KYC and transaction records; no arrests or recoveries have been reported, and Banerjee has largely refrained from public comment.