A 56-year-old woman from Thane, Bengaluru has accused her late husband's friend, a resident of Navi Mumbai, of fraudulently withdrawing Rs 30 lakh from her account. A police officer gave this information on Saturday.
The woman told police that she had moved to the Karnataka capital from Navi Mumbai due to her husband's excessive dependence on alcohol. She said her husband previously held a senior position in a public sector oil marketing company and took voluntary retirement in 2020.
In her police complaint, the woman said the accused, Amit Sudhir Singh, used to manage the daily affairs of her estranged husband.
Citing the FIR, the officer said Singh informed the woman in November 2023 that her husband was seriously ill and admitted to the hospital. Within a few days her husband died. When the woman asked for her husband's phone number, Singh allegedly became evasive.
The woman alleged that when she went to her husband's bank, she found that Singh had withdrawn Rs 30 lakh from his account within hours of his death. She claimed that Singh was conducting transactions for her husband and that she had his bank details, the officer said.
The officer said that he did not give any reason for coming to the police so late.
Based on his complaint, the police on Thursday registered a case against Singh under sections 404 (dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by the deceased at the time of death) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code, an official of the Kharghar police station said. Case registered. ,
The woman told police that she had moved to the Karnataka capital from Navi Mumbai due to her husband's excessive dependence on alcohol. She said her husband previously held a senior position in a public sector oil marketing company and took voluntary retirement in 2020.
In her police complaint, the woman said the accused, Amit Sudhir Singh, used to manage the daily affairs of her estranged husband.
Citing the FIR, the officer said Singh informed the woman in November 2023 that her husband was seriously ill and admitted to the hospital. Within a few days her husband died. When the woman asked for her husband's phone number, Singh allegedly became evasive.
The woman alleged that when she went to her husband's bank, she found that Singh had withdrawn Rs 30 lakh from his account within hours of his death. She claimed that Singh was conducting transactions for her husband and that she had his bank details, the officer said.
The officer said that he did not give any reason for coming to the police so late.
Based on his complaint, the police on Thursday registered a case against Singh under sections 404 (dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by the deceased at the time of death) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code, an official of the Kharghar police station said. Case registered. ,
