I told them that the dealers were not criminals and that transactions were transparent and traceable. 'I took the opportunity to tell everything I had to say about crypto selling and buying. The email was sent at 2.01 pm.Īboobacker said that the police officers turned affable after they received the money. 'When I returned with the money, they handed me a copy of the email they sent to South Indian Bank to remove the debit freeze on my account,' he said. He had to walk for around 10 minutes to find an ATM and withdrew the money in two transactions. 'But they insisted that they can unfreeze the account only if I give them Rs 20,000,' he said. But they said that my account had Rs 6.3 lakh and I should not have a problem parting with another Rs 20,000,' said Aboobacker.Īboobacker said he had taken a small business loan of Rs 15 lakh and shared the details with the police. I told them that the money I got was not for free. 'When I showed the officers the screenshot of the transfer, they asked me to pay them Rs 20,000 to lift the freeze on my account. The money was transferred to her account with Kotak Mahindra Bank at 12.44 pm. Then Aboobacker called his business partner Thahir Ali in Malappuram's Tanalur town and asked him to send the money to Geetha Sabari. 'I protested but they verbally abused me more,' he said. 'From the police computer, I saw that the disputed amount against my account was Rs 33,000 though the transaction was for Rs 50,000,' he said.īut the officers asked him to pay the woman Rs 50,000. They were not ready to hear me out or allow the woman to explain how she lost her money,' he said.Īll she said was she could not remember anything from the day she lost money from her account. 'The officers abused me by calling me a thief multiple times.

She reached the station within 10 minutes and her body language with the officers suggested that they were close, he said. Her name is Bandaru Geetha Sabari,' Aboobacker said. 'When I reached the police station, the officers called the complainant. Federal Bank freezes Rs 88,600 of a customer even after ICICI Bank marks only Rs 1,000 as disputed money.

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