HC moved for return of Rs 18 lakh withdrawn 'fraudulently'

A woman has moved the Madras High Court Bench here seeking a direction to a public sector bank to return Rs 18 lakh that was withdrawn 'fraudulently' from her account allegedly by a bank employee and others.
Justice P Rajendran ordered issue of notice to the Assistant General Manager of IDBI Bank, Tirunelveli, directing the official to file a reply on February 23.
Petitioner A.Sindhuja submitted that while her account was maintained at Tirunelveli, fraudsters had got a cheque book issued by the Villupuram branch and the amount had been withdrawn from the Cuddalore branch in September 2015.
It came to light in October when she wanted to withdraw some amount from her account.

Before committing the fraud, her registered mobile number to which transaction details are sent was changed with the help of the bank employee.
Police investigations showed that the transaction was not made by her, she said addig the bank admitted that it was fraudulent.
However, the bank had not credited the money so far, the petitioner said seeking a court direction for its return with interest.