Gram pradhan, bank official booked for cheating widow

Four persons, including a gram pradhan and a bank official, have been booked for allegedly cheating a widow of around Rs 10,000, police said today.
A case was yesterday registered against gram pradhan Sharda Devi, her husband Anil Kumar, a bank manager and another person for cheating an account holder of Rs 10,500 at Seemli village here, Circle Officer Bhushan Verma said.
A complaint was filed in this regard by Mamata Devi, who alleged that the accused withdrew the money granted to her under the UP Lohiya Awas yojana, from her account without her consent, he said.
' The matter is being probed, police added.