Man nabbed for withdrawing Rs 6.53 lakh by forging cheques

A man has been arrested for allegedly withdrawing Rs 6.53 lakh from bank accounts of his Canada-based grandparents by forging their signatures, Haryana police said here today.
Saurav Ahluwalia was nabbed from Kurukshetra after his grandparents informed State Bank of India officials that someone had fraudulently withdrawn money from their two accounts in the bank, police said.
Based on this, Bank Manager of SBI in Kurukshetra registered a police complaint that someone has cheated the bank, they said.
The accused used the couple's cheque books to withdraw Rs 5.43 lakh from bank account of his grandmother and Rs 1.10 lakh from bank account of his grandfather, they said.

A case under various Sections of the IPC has been registered against the accused, they said, adding, he was produced before a court and remanded to police custody.