Cashier steals Rs 1.56 cr from customer's fixed deposit to play online game

Gundra Ravi Teja, chief cashier at the Punjab National Bank's Nuzvid branch in Andhra Pradesh transferred Rs 1.56 crore to his bank account from the customer's fixed deposit in order to play an online gambling game. The matter came into limelight after the Branch Manager of the bank approached Teja about the differences in the amount.

Nuzvid (Andhra Pradesh): A chief cashier at the Punjab National Bank's Nuzvid branch in Andhra Pradesh transferred a sum of Rs 1.56 crore from a customer's fixed deposit account to his personal account for online gambling.

The accused has been identified as Gundra Ravi Teja, and has been associated with Punjab National Bank for the last five years.

According to the reports, Teja is addicted to playing an online game -'Rummy' for the last two years. The police have revealed that Teja has sold his property to play the game and when he had nothing left gamble he started diverting customer's money to his personal account.

The matter came into limelight after the branch manager approached Teja about the differences in the amount. When he failed to provide any proper reason for the differences, the manager informed the local police.

"We registered a case under IPC 420 section against the bank cashier and we are trying to find out the accounts to which he diverted the bank funds", said a police official.

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