Surat: The Athwalines police today arrested three individuals, including the branch manager of RBL Bank. The trio allegedly opened false bank accounts using bogus Aadhaar and PAN cards and illegally transacted crores of rupees.

Acting on a complaint by Kurush Patel, a resident of Bhesan area, the Athwalines Police had arrested Zakir Naqvi and Mukesh Mendpara on August 2nd. During the interrogation of Zakir and Mukesh, the names of three other individuals emerged. Subsequently, the police apprehended these three, including a woman, the RBL bank manager, and another bank employee.

Kurush Patel accused Zakir Naqvi, Mukesh Mendpara, and two others of manipulating his Aadhaar and PAN cards to create fake documents. The group conspired to sell Patel’s land for crores of rupees. After receiving 3,41,51,000 rupees from the buyer, they forged a land document using false evidence and attempted to register it at the Hazira sub-registrar office in Nanpura. However, when Patel became aware of the scam, he approached the Athwalines police station.

The police filed a complaint against Zakir Naqvi, Mukesh Mendpara, Piyush Shah, Akbar Mian. Later a woman named Asmita Shah was also booked, for allegedly assisting in the fraud. Further investigation revealed the names of  RBL bank manager Hitesh Patwala and ICICI bank employee Kirankumar Sonar. They allegedly opened a bogus bank account using fake Aadhaar and PAN cards and conducted transactions worth crores of rupees.

It is also learned that Salbatpura police had earlier registered a case under sections 409 and 114 of the IPC against Kirankumar Sonar. DeshGujarat