Mangaluru: Four people from Surat are booked for allegedly duping Rs. 2.25 crore from the bank account of Mangaluru based doctor. The Surat police have booked charges against the four.

The accused have been captured on the CCTV camera as based on the complaint by Axis Bank official Omkishan Patel. The police of Surat’s Sachin GIDC station have identified three of the accused as Axis Bank employees Sandeep Dakhra and Savan Balda, the bank’s former employee Daval Bhikhadiya and another unidentified person’s image has been captured in the footage.

The fraud was carried out between January 8 and January 18 in three different parts of the country.

One of the victims is Dr. Sushil Devprasad Jatthana. The accused changed Dr Sushil Deva Prasad Jathana’s account ownership in Mangaluru Axis branch, claiming he was dead. They then changed Jathana’s registered phone number and later transferred Rs 2.25 crore from his account.

Further investigation revealed that money was withdrawn from Jathana’s account in Mangaluru and also Sirsa of Haryana. Out Of the total transferred money, the bank managed to recover Rs 1.23 crore.

Deputy Commissioner of police, zone II, Vidhi Chaudhary told the media that the bank officials are also suspected to be involved in the racket. Further investigation is in progress.