Bhubaneswar, June 25 (UNI) A court in Odisha’s Kendrapara district today sentenced a former cashier of a nationalized bank’s Singiri branch under Aul police station to 2-year rigorous imprisonment on the charge of embezzling Rs 85 lakh of deposits.
Abhiram Mallick, in his capacity as cashier, resorted to fraudulent practice and embezzled around Rs 85 lakh deposited money from the account holders. The investigation by the local police found that the accused carried out multiple unauthorized transfers to embezzle Rs 85 lakh, by debiting funds from the accounts.
Pronouncing the verdict, the judge Deban Satyadarshi Nanda convicted the accused to two-year RI under sections- 406, 467 and 471 of IPC after relying on the evidence of six witnesses and the bank documents, said Brundaban Nanda, the public prosecutor.
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