Bhore police station, Gopalganj
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Today, while the entire country is saluting the spirit of women on Women’s Day, on the other hand some women were made victims of fraud in the early hours of the morning. About Rs 9.75 lakh was cheated from 25 women by the Central Manager of Fincare Micro Finance Limited Company located in Bhore. When the company came to know about this, the branch manager lodged a complaint in the local police station.
During the investigation, the police took the central manager of the company into custody on the basis of suspicion. At the same time, Hathua SDPO has also interrogated the accused manager regarding this. At present, the police are talking about registering an FIR and taking further action. It is said that Fincare Micro Finance Limited located in Bhore gives group loans to women in the village for employment and other works. In the same sequence, loans ranging from Rs 35,000 to Rs 100,000 were given to the women of Mishra Batrahan and Balabhadra Parsa villages of Phulwariya police station area. The loan amount was given in his account by the company. Besides, a kit of one ATM was also given for withdrawal of money. All this was happening under the supervision of Manish Kumar Pandit, resident of Hariharpur Bhusaon of Baniapur police station area of Saran district, who was the manager of this company.
It is alleged that Manish Kumar Pandit and his friend Vikas Mishra, resident of Balabhadra Prasad of Phulwariya police station area, went to those women. Those to whom the company had given loan, took away their ATM card and PIN by saying that there was a fault in the ATM kit. Later the loan amount was withdrawn from his account. When installments were not deposited from those accounts for two months, company officials started investigating. Meanwhile, Manoj Kumar Pandit resigned from the post of manager and left from here. Later, rejecting his resignation, the company officials called him back. As soon as he reached Bhore, the police found that the new manager of the company, Santosh Kumar, resident of Ballia, UP, filed an application in the local police station, accusing Manoj Kumar Pandit and his friend Vikas Mishra of embezzling Rs 9.75 lakh. With this the police took Manoj into custody.
Here, on Friday, Hathua SDPO Anand Mohan Gupta reached Bhore and interrogated the then detained manager Manish Kumar Pandit. SDPO said that the entire matter is being investigated. Further action will be taken after registering an FIR.