Kendrapara, June 25 (UNI) The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court of Aul has sentenced Abhiram Mallick, a cashier at Indian Bank’s Singiri Bazaar branch, to two years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine for misappropriating lakhs of rupees from customers’ accounts.

The case was filed based on a complaint by Surendra Nayak, a resident of Bandhasahi-Bilikana village, who alleged that Rs.70 lakh had been fraudulently withdrawn from his family's bank accounts.

Nayak, who works in Dubai, had opened accounts in the Indian Bank's Singiri branch in his own name, as well as in the names of his wife, Saraswati Nayak, and their two sons.

To his shock, Nayak discovered that Rs 70 lakh deposited across five family accounts had been withdrawn without the knowledge or authorisation of any family member.

Acting on his complaint lodged on January 20, 2024, Aul police registered a case and subsequently arrested cashier Abhiram Mallick.

After examining the case, JMFC Deban Satyadarshi Nanda on yesterday sentenced Mallick to two years of imprisonment.

It is noteworthy that in April 2025, the same court had convicted Mallick in a separate case, sentencing him to two years of imprisonment for siphoning off Rs.11.15 lakh from the account of one Sashikala of Singiri village.

The JMFC Court of Aul has also issued notices to former branch manager N. Prabhat Choudhury and an Assistant Branch Manager of the Bank in connection with both cases. UNI XC DP SSP