Udayapur: Two bank employees have been arrested in separate incidents for allegedly embezzling a combined amount of around Rs 35 million from customer accounts.
In one case, police detained Sunita Baniya, a resident of Triyuga Municipality–5 and an employee at the Gaighat branch of Nepal Investment Mega Bank, on charges of misappropriating nearly Rs 20 million from customers. According to Udayapur Police Chief SP Rajan Chapagain, Baniya admitted in her initial statement that she used the funds for online betting.
Police have launched an investigation against her under charges related to banking fraud and financial crime. The case came to light after the bank discovered unauthorized transactions involving the accounts of 26 customers and filed a complaint. Authorities say further investigation is underway to determine whether others were involved.
In a separate incident, another bank employee was arrested in Kapilvastu for allegedly transferring Rs 16.5 million from customer accounts into his own.
The accused, 28-year-old Rishabh Karki from Mayadevi Rural Municipality–1, Pakadi, was apprehended by a police team from the local area. According to police, Karki exploited his access to the bank’s internal system to carry out unauthorized transactions.
He reportedly altered the registered mobile numbers linked to several customer accounts and replaced them with his own, preventing transaction alerts from reaching the actual account holders. He then used mobile banking services and Connect IPS to transfer funds from multiple accounts.
Police said Karki was arrested on Chaitra 11 and has been remanded in custody for seven days by the Butwal bench of the High Court, Tulsipur, for further investigation under banking offence charges.
Authorities have urged the public to remain vigilant, regularly verify the mobile numbers linked to their bank accounts, and monitor mobile banking activity to avoid falling victim to such fraud.
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