Agartala: A major financial scam has surfaced in Tripura, with police arresting a UCO Bank cashier accused of embezzling Rs 16 crore from the Agartala Municipal Corporation’s account through forged cheques.
The accused, identified as Ramayani Shrimayi, hails from Nagaon in Assam and was serving at the Agartala branch of the bank.
She was taken into custody on Friday night and is set to be produced before a court, said Sadar Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) D. P. Roy.
Authorities confirmed that six cloned cheques were used between August 5 and September 2 to siphon off the funds.
Following internal verification, the bank filed a formal complaint at West Agartala police station on September 5.
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West Tripura Superintendent of Police Namit Pathak has since formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), led by Additional SP Drubha Nath, to dig deeper into the fraud.
So far, investigators have managed to trace and recover Rs 7 crore from online transactions linked to the scam.
Efforts are on to track the remaining amount and identify possible accomplices.
