COIMBATORE: In a startling development, a 38-year-old temporary woman sanitary worker of a nationalized bank at Periyanaickenpalayam in Coimbatore was arrested for allegedly forging the signatures of many account holders of the bank and managing to siphon off over Rs 1 crore from their accounts.
Police said that Mangal Deepa, 38, a resident of Karamadai-Tholampalayam, works as a temporary sanitary worker in a nationalized bank at Periyanaickenpalayam branch on the outskirts of Coimbatore.
Deepa had been allegedly forging the signatures of many account holders holding fixed deposits and savings account at the bank. The incident came to light recently after a senior account holder took the issue to police through branch manager Ragu Raman.
Investigating the case, police arrested Mangal Deepa. During further investigations she admitted to robbing around Rs 1.21 crore from various accounts in the bank.
The accused had allegedly purchased land and a house near Karamadai using the money. Police seized the documents of the property.
They suspect some unknown bank official from the branch to have helped Deepa and have started further investigations, as she could not have done such forgeries all alone.
