Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh police have launched a probe Wednesday into a complaint of a Gorakhpur businessman claiming that a whopping Rs 1.52 crore had been routed through internet banking to over 1,000 accounts of individuals in Kerala in a week's span without his knowledge.
Police said Sachidanand Dubey, a resident of Shantipuram, became aware of the "illegal" transactions when he checked the bank account statement which was unusually bulky for an account which has been remaining dormant since he got it opened four months ago and the UPI account was linked to a different mobile number which he never used.
The only thing he could fathom was two persons identifiable only as Nicholas and Coyles—both based out of China have first sent money into his account. I have not done any transaction from the account, police quoted Sachidanand as saying. He had presented a petition to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gaurav Grover citing that his account has been misused.
Sachidanand said: "My relative took me to a private bank for opening an account in June 2022. He then introduced me to a female employee of the bank who handled the account opening process. After that, I never did any transactions. The investigation has revealed that money was sent to bank account holders in Kerala through Internet banking by using the mobile number of some other person".
In his complaint, Sachidanand said the mobile number linked to the transactions and the UPI account used to launder the money was not his. He also submitted a 200-page bank statement capturing the "illegal transactions" which took place in his account. City SP Krishan Kumar said the Circle Officer Gorakhnath who had been tasked to handle the case will go into allegations made by the complainant.
