Father-son duo held for siphoning off ₹64 lakh from Indore court docket checking account

Indore Police arrested a father-son duo from Gujarat’s Valsad. Photograph: Mehul Malpani/The Hindu

The Indore Police have arrested a father-son duo from Gujarat’s Valsad for allegedly siphoning off greater than ₹64 lakh from a State Financial institution of India (SBI) account belonging to the Indore district court docket over a interval of three months, officers mentioned on Tuesday (June 17, 2025).

In keeping with the police, Sajid Sattar, 57, and Sahil Rangrez, 26, each residents of Valsad, had been arrested on Monday (June 17, 2025) by the crime department following a criticism lodged by Puneet Tiwari, supervisor of the SBI department situated on the court docket premises.

Indore Further DCP (Crime) Rajesh Dandotiya instructed The Hindu that the accused have been booked underneath Sections 318(4) and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Part 66 of the Info Expertise Act.

Explaining the modus operandi, Mr. Dandotiya mentioned that the cell quantity initially linked to the Further District Choose (ADJ) court docket’s checking account had been inactive for practically two years.

“Some months in the past, the telecom service supplier reissued the quantity to Sajid Sattar, who started receiving financial institution transaction alerts. Unaware of the supply, he shared the messages along with his son Sahil, an IT skilled, who then understood the implications,” Mr. Dandotiya mentioned.

Mr. Rangrez allegedly linked his personal UPI accounts to the checking account utilizing the reissued cell quantity and started withdrawing or transferring roughly ₹1 lakh per day via UPI transactions. “He used the funds for private bills, together with purchasing, journey, and the acquisition of a automotive,” Mr. Dandotiya mentioned, including that transactions amounting to ₹64,05,000 had been carried out between March 5 and June 11.

The fraud got here to mild when a transaction failed as a consequence of inadequate stability within the account, prompting financial institution officers to analyze and alert the police.

“We traced the transactions to Valsad and apprehended the duo. We are going to search their police remand for additional interrogation,” Mr. Dandotiya mentioned. He added that any doable negligence on the a part of financial institution officers may also be examined and authorized motion taken accordingly.