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Sukma, 6 August (HS). In Sukma district's Tongpal police station area, instead of withdrawing Rs 1000 each from two women, the customer service center operator defrauded them of Rs 18000 by withdrawing Rs 10000 each from the accounts of both the women. After the rural women lodged a complaint in the police station, the customer service center operator was questioned. After the investigation found the accused to be true, he was arrested and sent to jail.
Sukai Baghel resident of village Leda district Sukma came to police station Tongpal and filed a report that, on 19th July 2024, he went to Jai Bhole Computer Customer Service Center Tongpal with Sukaldai Markam, resident of his village Leda, and asked to withdraw one thousand rupees each from their Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank accounts. Lachhu Ram Kunjam, the employee of the customer service center, took advantage of both the women being illiterate and got their thumb impressions in the pass machine and withdrew 10 thousand rupees each from the bank accounts of both of them and gave one thousand rupees each to both the women, and kept nine thousand rupees each of both the women with himself, totaling 18 thousand rupees and cheated them by fraud. On 3rd August 2024, both the victim women went to Gramin Bank Tongpal and got their account statement, then it was known that they were victims of fraud, the said amount had come in the account for plucking tendu leaves. On the complaint of the applicant, a case was registered at Tongpal police station as Crime No. 12/2024 under Section 318 (4) of the Indian Penal Code and investigation was taken up.
Considering the sensitivity of the case, a special team was formed under the leadership of Tongpal Police Station Incharge Inspector Santosh Singh on the instructions of Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan for the immediate arrest of the accused. After taking the accused of the above incident, Lachu Ram Kunjam, father Hadma Ram Kunjam, age 19 years, resident of Kandanar Police Station Darbha District Bastar, into custody and on intensive interrogation, the accused accepted that he took advantage of the illiteracy of the two women and got their thumb impressions on the machine and withdrew Rs 10,000 each from the bank accounts of both of them and gave Rs 1,000 each to the two women and kept a total of Rs 18,000 with himself. The cheated cash amount of Rs 18,000 was seized from the possession of the said accused. On finding sufficient evidence against the said accused, he was arrested on Tuesday and presented before the court.