Overview

• West Agartala police registered an FIR against unidentified fraudsters after UCO Bank’s zonal manager reported suspicious withdrawals.
• Investigators say six cloned cheques were used to withdraw funds in August and the first week of September from the Agartala Municipal Corporation account.
• Police report the CEO’s signature, D K Chakma, was forged and that the original cheques remain with the civic authority.
• CCTV from UCO Bank’s Kaman Chowmuhani branch has been collected to identify who submitted the forged instruments.
• An AMC official told IANS the civic body asked UCO Bank to return Rs 16.38 crore and that the bank agreed, a claim not confirmed in other reports.