An alert employee at UCO Bank’s Wadala branch helped catch two men who were trying to open accounts using fake papers. The accused revealed they opened around nine accounts with the bank at its different branches and were paid R2,000 for the same, cops said. Police suspect the accounts were to be used for cybercrime. 

As per police, the duo had come to the bank branch on February 15 to open an account under the name Sunil Kumar Singh and had furnished an Aadhaar card and PAN card with the same name. However, a bank employee suspected the documents were fake and informed the branch manager, following which the duo were asked to verify the Aadhaar using fingerprints which did not match.