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SBI Reimburses TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee After Rs 57 Lakh Cyber Heist

Investigators are tracing a forged-KYC reactivation of a dormant account linked to transfers, jewellery buys, ATM withdrawals.

Overview

  • Banerjee said the bank credited back the disputed sum on Friday night, even as no arrests have been announced.
  • An SBI complaint states forged PAN and Aadhaar with a morphed photograph were used on October 28 to update KYC and change the registered mobile number.
  • Unauthorized online transactions totaling Rs 56,39,767 were executed after access was gained to the account.
  • The targeted account was opened when Banerjee was an MLA between 2001 and 2006 and had remained dormant for years.
  • Kolkata Police’s cybercrime unit and SBI are conducting parallel probes to track beneficiary accounts and examine possible procedural lapses.