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Ranchi, October 26 (HS). SIT has taken major action in the case of fake withdrawal of Rs 100 crore from Jharkhand Energy Department. The SIT team led by ATS SP Rishabh Jha took action on Saturday and recovered Rs 37.18 lakh. In this case, Abhishek Lakra, resident of Ekta Nagar, Oberiya Road, Ranchi, has been arrested. The SIT team has so far arrested six people in this case. Also, Rs 1.23 crore cash and jewelery worth Rs 16.70 lakh have been recovered. Apart from this, 350 different bank accounts have been frozen so far.
A case of opening a fake account in the name of Jharkhand Tourism Development Corporation Limited (JTDC) and transferring Rs 10.40 crore into it had come to light. A case has been registered against Girja Prasad, Alok Kumar and Amarjeet Kumar in Dhurva police station regarding this.
On October 3, a complaint of fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 10.4 crore by GM Finance of Jharkhand Tourism Development Corporation Limited and Rs 9 crore by Master Trust of Jharkhand Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited from fake account was lodged on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. After this, on October 4, Jharkhand Energy Production Corporation Limited lodged a complaint on the portal about withdrawal of Rs 40.5 crore and Master Trust of Jharkhand Electricity Distribution Corporation Limited amounting to Rs 56.5 crore from fake accounts.