Overview
- Kolkata Police’s Cyber Crime Division has opened a case after the SBI High Court branch lodged a formal complaint, and no arrests have been announced.
- Investigators say forged PAN and Aadhaar with a morphed photograph were used to update KYC and the registered mobile number on October 28, 2025.
- The account targeted was opened during Banerjee’s 2001–2006 MLA tenure and had been inactive for years before it was reactivated through impersonation.
- Roughly Rs 56–56.4 lakh was moved from his SBI Kalighat account into the reactivated dormant account and then siphoned via transfers, jewellery purchases, and ATM withdrawals.
- SBI has begun an internal inquiry and provided KYC and transaction records as police examine possible verification lapses and trace the beneficiary accounts.