The empty bank locker.
LUDHIANA: In a significant development in the infamous case of operating of a bank locker of an accused of bogus billing case while he was under judicial custody, a team central GST (CGST) commissionerate Ludhiana on Thursday got the locker broke open by an expert.
As anticipated nothing was found inside the locker, as a day after his arrest his wife had operated it and probably took away all the belongings inside the locker, some of which is suspected to be proceeds from the bogus billing nexus of the accused.
A team comprising of six officials of CGST Ludhiana reached the Sundar Nagar branch of Capital Small Finance Bank Limited with warrant to break open the locker in the name of Sahil Jain (arrested accused). After showing the warrant to the operations manager of the bank, CGST team opened the seal from the locker which was affixed by them on December 24th when they had initially come to open the locker.
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LUDHIANA: Taking cognizance of the complaint filed by the Central GST (CGST) commissionerate, Ludhiana, in the case of operation of the bank locker of a businessman while he was in judicial custody for bogus billing, Daresi police registered an FIR against three persons on Saturday night.
The accused include the manager and the assistant manager of the bank and the businessman’s wife, who operated the locker. Non-bailable sections have also been slapped against them and raids are on to trace them.
Sub-inspector Chaman Singh, who is investigating the case, said, “On the complaint of CGST commissionerate, we have registered an FIR against manager Manpreet Singh and assistant manager Manish Verma of Capital Small Finance Bank Limited, Sunder Nagar Branch, and Yashita Jain under sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC for fraud, forgery, cheating and abetment to an offence. Teams have also been formed to nab the accused.”