The next time you are offered help in a bank by strangers, beware, you could be duped of your hard earned money. A 24-year-old recovery agent was duped by two tricksters under the pretext of offering help in detecting soil notes in a bundle of cash while he was coming out of the branch of a reputed nationalized bank near Maxus Mall in Bhayandar (west) on Tuesday morning.
In his complaint to the police, the youth stated that he had availed a loan by mortgaging gold ornaments. After withdrawing cash amounting Rs. 38,000 from the cash dispensing counter, he was about to step out of the bank when two men approached him and claimed that some of the notes might be soiled and needed to be checked properly.
Under the pretext of offering help, the duo removed 24 notes of Rs. 500 denomination by a sleight of their hand and hurriedly returned the remaining notes before fleeing the spot. The complainant counted the notes again and found Rs. 12,000 missing. An offence under section 420 of the IPC has been registered against the yet-to-be identified duo at the Bhayandar police station.
The investigating team is into the process of scanning visuals captured by CCTV cameras installed in the bank and possible getaway routes to get a clue about the identity of the tricksters.
