Bank manager arrested, had withdrawn Rs 1 crore 84 lakh from customers’ accounts

Dhamtari. Bank manager Shrikant Teneti, the main accused in the fraud committed in HDFC Bank, has been arrested. On 8.05.24, applicant Piyush Rathore, branch manager, HDFC Bank branch, Kurud, reported that the then branch manager of HDFC Bank Kurud branch, Shrikant Teneti and his associate Tejendra Sahu, together with others, misused the bank’s assets and withdrew the total amount from the accounts of the bank and its account holders. On the application regarding fraudulent withdrawal of Rs. 1,84,04151/- (Rupees One Crore Eighty-Four Lakh Four Thousand One Hundred Fifty One) against the accused in Police Station Kurud. Sl. 237/24 Section 406, 409,420,467, 468,120 (B) IPC was taken into consideration.

On which the joint team of Kurud Police Station Officers and Cyber Cell Officers, on the basis of technical assistance and informer’s information, on the information of accused Shrikant Teneti being in Hyderabad, came back to Dhamtari, taking Srikant Teneti under custody, who during interrogation was found withdrawing money of HDFC Bank customers. Withdrawal of money from customers’ accounts through fund transfer, without their consent, along with his associate Tejendra Sahu, withdrawing it through fund transfer, online and through cheque, and distributing it amongst themselves and the amount received fraudulently by accused Shrikant Teneti in Raipur Mova. After admitting to purchasing the plot and saving Rs 1,20,000/- in his own account, the accused has been duly arrested and sent to judicial remand and the address of the other accused Tejendra Sahu is being searched.

Name Accused – Shrikant Teneti Father T. Kameshwar Rao Age 42 years Sakin Housing Board Colony Hatkeshwar Mayur Raichuria House Dhamtari Police Station City Kotwali