Bengaluru Woman Files Complaint in Navi Mumbai, Claims Friend of Late Husband Misappropriated Rs 30 Lakh
Navi Mumbai, 1st July 2024: A 56-year-old woman from Bengaluru has accused a resident of Navi Mumbai, who was a friend of her late husband, of fraudulently withdrawing Rs 30 lakh from his account, according to a police official on Saturday.
The woman stated to the police that she had relocated from Navi Mumbai to Bengaluru due to her husband’s severe alcohol dependence. Her husband had previously held a senior position in a public sector oil marketing company and opted for voluntary retirement in 2020.
The accused, identified as Amit Sudhir Singh, had been managing her estranged husband’s affairs on a daily basis, as per the woman’s police complaint.
According to the FIR, Singh informed the woman in November 2023 that her husband was critically ill and hospitalized. Shortly after, her husband passed away. When the woman requested her husband’s belongings from Singh, he reportedly avoided the request. Upon visiting her husband’s bank, she discovered that Singh had withdrawn Rs 30 lakh from his account shortly after his death. The woman alleged that Singh had been handling transactions for her husband and had access to his bank details, the official stated.
The official noted that the woman did not provide a reason for the delay in approaching the police.
Based on her complaint, the police registered a case against Singh on Thursday under sections 404 (dishonest misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code, as reported by an official from Kharghar police station.
