Jeet Bahadur Bhujuwar, local of Nangkholang VDC-5 was duped by the person into sign in the check as he was told that money could be withdrawn that way alone. Bhujuwar was told that it would take 2 to 4 days to get the money. [break]
According to Shambhu Kumar Shrestha, the bank manager, the cheating act became known when another check undersigned by Bhujuwar was produced at the bank for the second time. Bhujuwar had been issuing checks innocently in name of one ´Santosh Baral´.
According to the victim, hefty amount that was remitted by his son from a foreign country had also been withdrawn without his knowledge. The bank said it was investigating into the incident.
Before this also, the bank had grabbed headlines as two bank staff were dismissed for withdrawing around Rs 25.8 million from the savings accounts of customers.
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