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Bhadrak man, who recently witnessed a mysterious deduction from his bank account with HDFC bank amounting to Rs 85,000, on Friday claimed that around Rs 80,000 has been deposited back in his account. Moreover, the entire money has been deposited via a cheque.
The development came soon after OTV aired a news report in connection with the allegedly fraudulent transaction in the account of the victim identified as Padmalochan Sahani who has an account with HDFC’s Chandbali branch.
Sahani had earlier alleged that Rs 85,000 was debited from his account in three instalments without his knowledge on December 26, 2024. The concerned bank officials had blamed Sahani for the incident.
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“The bank officials termed it to be my mistake by stating that I had given OTP or clicked on some link for which money was debited from the account,” alleged Sahani.
Two days after OTV aired a news report regarding such a fraudulent transaction, it was found that Rs 80,000 had been deposited in the account of Sahani through a cheque.
However, there is no clarity regarding who actually took away and deposited the money back in Sahani’s account.
The victim suspects the involvement of some bank employees in such fraud after the officials told him that it is now not important to know who took and who deposited the money.
Meanwhile, no comments could be obtained from the concerned bank officials in connection with such allegations.
