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FIR lodged after ₹1.82 crore is transferred to 12 bank accounts of armyman in Lucknow
A court of inquiry was initiated against the sepoy, identified as Prince Kumar Singh, after which he was terminated from service on December 19, 2023.
₹1.82 crore were transferred to 12 bank accounts of a terminated store handler, a sepoy, of Army Reserve Supply Depot in Lucknow, from suspicious bank accounts, between 2019 and 2023, said senior police officials here on Thursday. They said these funds were transferred from places closer to the Indian borders and the sepoy is suspected to be involved in anti-national activities.
They said that the sepoy’s activities came to the fore when he flew to Bengaluru along with his wife and two children in April 2022, assuming the identity of a Lieutenant Colonel rank officer.
They said a court of inquiry was initiated against the sepoy, identified as Prince Kumar Singh, after which he was terminated from service on December 19, 2023.
The police initiated investigations into the matter when Lt Col Mithilesh Yadav lodged an FIR against the sepoy for forging his identity under multiple sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Information Technology (IT) Act at the Alambagh police station of Lucknow on February 6.
Shiv Shankar Mahadevan, inspector, Alambagh police station, said that the FIR was registered under IPC sections 409 for criminal breach of trust by a government servant, 420 for cheating and dishonestly inducing anything, 467 for forgery of valuable security, 468 for forgery for purpose of cheating, 471 for using as genuine a forged document, as well as section 66D of IT Act.
“Other charges are likely to be added in the FIR after finding evidence of involvement of anti-national activities. Other investigation agencies like the UP Anti-Terror Squad and the Intelligence Bureau have been informed about the development,” he added.
“One Chinese laptop has been recovered from the sepoy during the court which he claimed to be of his wife’s sister. It was also found that Qatar Riyal 1052 (i.e. around ₹24,000) was also transferred to his father-in-law Shambhu Singh’s bank account from one MM Hussain of Bangladesh,” the complainant mentioned in the FIR lodged with the Lucknow police.
