Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Man Arrested in Bankura for Bank Loan Fraud
Imagine some people pretended to be government workers to trick a bank into giving them money.
They made up fake papers to get personal loans.
The bank noticed something was wrong when the people didn't pay back the loans.
The police found out that the people were getting money from different places and arrested one of them.
The police are now looking for the other people involved and checking if they did this to other banks too.
They took a lot of money, over sixty lakh rupees, by pretending to be someone they weren't.
A man was arrested in Bankura for allegedly running a loan fraud racket.
The fraudsters impersonated government employees to obtain personal loans.
Six fraudulent loans were identified by a private bank, totaling ₹62 lakh.
Police investigation revealed the loans were taken by individuals operating from Bankura and Burdwan.
One accused, Akash Dhibar, was arrested; around ₹21 lakh was traced to his account.
- Who
- Akash Dhibar and other unidentified individuals.
- What
- A loan fraud racket that enabled fraudsters to obtain personal loans from a private bank was busted.
- When
- The arrest happened on Tuesday night.
- Where
- Bankura, India.
- Why
- The fraudsters defaulted on repayments which led to an investigation that revealed the fraudulent activity.
- Arrested
- Akash Dhibar
- Location of Arrest
- Sonamukhi, Bankura
- Total Fraud Amount
- ₹62 lakh
- Loans obtained using
- Fake salary slips and bank statements
- Bank that reported
- Private Bank