Mobile phone lost, money transferred!
While a customer of Dutch-Bangla Bank of Cumilla went to the bank to inform about the missing of his mobile phone came to know about the transfer of Tk. 12 lakhs from his bank account 4 days ago. He complained that after losing his phone, he called the bank's customer care to close the mobile banking nexus-pay apps and found out that 12.5 lakh taka have already been transferred from his account to four separate account numbers of different branches of City Bank including Comilla and Dhaka.
On Thursday (January 18) Md. Nazmul Haque, a Lineman working in Comilla Pallibidyut Samiti- 2 and acustomer of Dutch-Bangla Bank Comilla Branch complained to the District Headquarter South Model Police Station. He is the son of Rezaul Karim of Bhairba village of Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district.
According to the source of the complaint, the lineman working in Comilla Pallibidyut Samiti-2. Nazmul Haque borrowed Tk 15 lakh from his provident fund for personal needs. A check of Tk 15 lakh was paid in the name of Nazmul Haque on January 2 from the account of Agrani Bank of Comilla Pallibidyut Samiti-2, Padua Bazar branch of Comilla city. Through the said cheque, Nazmul Haque deposited Tk 15 lakh as a loan in his name from Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (No. 1411030123266). In the meantime, his personal mobile phone (No. 01716954088) was lost on January 6. When he called the bank's customer care number 16216 to close the Dutch-Bangla mobile banking nexus-pay apps on the said mobile phone, he came to know that money has been transferred from his named bank account number to some account numbers of City Bank Limited.
Customer care advised him to contact the corporate branch of Dutch-Bangla Bank. Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd. Collected the statement of his named bank account. He saw that 12 lakh 48 thousand 122 taka was transferred from his named account number 1411030123266 to 4 account numbers of different branches of City Bank between January 2 and January 6.
In the complaint, it is also mentioned that 5 lakh taka of account number 2303876204001 of a customer named Jahidul Haque Roni of Nikunja Khilkhet branch of City Bank, Dhaka, 3 lakh 48 thousand 122 of the account number 230402756401 of a customer named Imtiaz Ahmed of Comilla branch of the same bank are mentioned in the complaint. Taka, 3 lakh taka was transferred to the account number 2303988521001 of a customer named Safiqul Islam of Jatrabari branch of Dhaka City Bank and one lakh taka was transferred to the account number 1503635813001 of a customer named Mehrun Agro of Rangpur branch through fraud.
Customer of the bank Md. Nazmul Haque told reporters that he had taken a loan of Tk 15 lakh from the provident fund of his workplace Rural Electrification Association. But he was shocked that money was transferred and embezzled from the bank without his knowledge. He said, 'I am a member of a lower income family. If I don't get this money back, I have to sit on the road.' In this regard, he complained to Sadar Dakkhin Model Police Station on Thursday afternoon.
Deputy Manager of Dutch-Bangla Bank Cumilla Branch Md. Solaiman said, 'I have come to know about the complaint of money transfer from our bank to another bank through the customer. I will investigate this matter.'
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Dakkhin Model Police Station Md. Alamgir Hossain said, 'I received the complaint. Necessary measures will be taken after investigation.'
