RAWALPINDI: An attempt to withdraw Rs52.45 million from an account of the Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education was foiled after the bank staff detected suspicious documents and alerted authorities.
According to the first information report (FIR), the suspect, identified as Qurat-ul-Ain, visited a bank to obtain a draft in the name of the education board and submitted a letter purportedly issued by the board.
The bank staff noticed an error in the amount mentioned in the letter and asked her to get it corrected. The woman returned a few minutes later with another letter, which raised further suspicion among bank officials.
The bank contacted the relevant branch of the Rawalpindi Education Board for verification, and officials confirmed that the submitted letter was fake. Police were subsequently called to the bank and the woman was taken into custody.
A case was registered against Qurat-ul-Ain on the complaint of bank manager Kamran Saeed under Sections 420, 468, and 471 of the Pakistan Penal Code, relating to cheating and forgery.
Police presented the suspect before a court, which sent her to jail on judicial remand. Authorities are continuing investigations to determine further details of the incident and identify any possible accomplices.
