A Carpenter who returned to his hometown from Mumbai for his daughter’s wedding, was shocked to find that his bank account had been cleaned out of Rs 4.5 lakh, and that too with withdrawals through his own cheques. He had taken the chequebook from the bank and noticed the sealed packet was open. When he had pointed this out, he had been told sometimes employees open the packets to check details. Sadly, he has had to cancel the wedding.

After Ramkesh Yadav, 48, gave a written complaint about the matter to the police in April, the Borivli police registered an FIR on Tuesday. Interestingly, the cheques used for withdrawal were from between the book. The accused even informed the bank  that the complainant’s phone was stolen, to prevent alerts from the bank from reaching him. No arrests have been made so far.