The CBI, Lucknow's Anti-Corruption Branch, has registered an FIR and begun an investigation into the Rs 2.78 crore fraud committed in the name of Mudra loans at the Barauli Malik branch of Bank of India in Barabanki. On Tuesday, the CBI raided four locations of the accused in Lucknow and one in Mainpuri, gathering crucial evidence. The CBI has named the bank's then branch manager, field officer Shailendra, and unidentified individuals in the FIR.
The CBI registered this FIR on the orders of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. After the incident came to light, on February 21, 2024, then-branch manager Rajiv Bachchan filed a complaint with the Zaidpur police station in Barabanki, requesting an FIR, but the police did not register a case. The bank told the CBI that in 2022-23, then-branch manager Aman Verma had approved Mudra loans for 41 people. The loan amount was later transferred to other unauthorized accounts, causing financial loss to the bank.
He also requested the CBI to recover the loan amount from the accounts to which the funds were transferred and to block withdrawals. According to sources, middleman Suresh Rawat would bring people in to open accounts and, with the connivance of bank employees, would obtain Mudra loans in their names. This fraud was carried out by taking advantage of the lack of security deposit for Mudra loans up to ₹10 lakh.
Later, due to non-payment of the loan amount, two FIRs were registered at the Zaidpur police station in Barabanki and one in Satrikh. The victim, Salman, then approached the High Court. He told the court that bank employees had fraudulently obtained his signature and granted him a Mudra loan of Rs 9.10 lakh. Upon learning of this, he filed a police complaint, but no action was taken.
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