The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) has registered a case against a branch manager and her husband for defrauding the State Bank of India(SBI) to the tune of Rs 11 crore, officials said.
The FIR has been filed by the CBI on the complaint of the bank against Sweety Suneria, the then Branch Manager, Indore, her husband Ashish Saluja, and others on the allegations of illegally sanctioning and disbursing the bank funds of Rs 11.84 crore.
According to the FIR, the fraud was committed through overdraft facilities in 18 overdraft (OD) accounts in the name of fictitious persons and fraudulently marking a Lien on Fixed Deposits (LFD) of bank customers during the period 2018 to 2021.
Sweety Suneria while working as branch manager of SBI’s Indore branch allegedly routed the misappropriated bank funds through different bank accounts which were received in the various bank accounts of her husband and her family members.
“The said bank funds were allegedly invested in a security, stock market, and elsewhere. An alleged loss of Rs 11.84 was caused to the bank. It was also alleged that one of the bank customers requested for the renewal of the FD, who thereupon found the said FD was marked as lien/collateral security against one to OD account, but the customer denied any consent towards the lien/collateral security or having connection/knowledge of the OD account holder,” said the CBI.
Searches are being conducted today at four places in Indore (MP) at the premises of the accused which led to the recovery of incriminating documents, officials said.
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