Nine accused along with the bank manager extorted as much as twenty-two lakhs. These accused raised fake loans in the name of 32 customers and also falsified the EMI amount of many customers. A case has been registered against these accused in Mankapur police station. Interestingly, eight of the nine accused are women.
Vijay Raghunath Kadu was the manager of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank branch at Lakshmi Plaza in Mankapur police station limits. He along with the assistant manager of the bank Chetna Rajesh Agarkar (30), along three cashiers Snehal Subhash Sunderkar (26), Tejaswini Satyapal Bhagat (28), Vaishnavi Wanjari, forged applications in the name of 32 customers and Paid the loan. They were also assisted in this by Sanskriti Siddharth Gharde (26), Chandni Shriram Bare (26), Falguni Ravi Jangle (25), Kritika Raju (30)
Between August 13, 2021, and December 3, 2021, these nine accused took loans in the name of 32 customers. Also, many customers kept the monthly installment amount of the loan entrusted to them without depositing it in the bank. In this way, he scammed 21 lakh 50 thousand rupees. This matter came to light during the bank’s inspection. The then manager Nikhilesh Kotangle (34) filed a complaint at Mankapur police station. After the investigation of this complaint, a case has been registered against nine accused and a search is on.