Gangtok, May 17: In a big financial scam, three officials of State Bank of Sikkim (SBS) have been accused of embezzling funds of Rs 69 crore from the bank.

The State Bank of Sikkim (SBS) has lodged an FIR against three employees identified as- Dorjee Tshering Lepcha, General Manager (Operations), Tsewang Dorjee Lepcha, Assistant Manager (IT)and Tilak Rai, Senior Accountant Assistant.

All three employees are based at the bank’s headquarters in Gangtok, and are accused of conspiring to defraud the banks for their personal gain.

After the bank launched an inhouse investigation, where they found that they manipulated several accounts, including account number 2811100148000030 under the name of an Assistant Engineer from the Roads and Bridges Department, Government of Sikkim, and account number 2811100140225661 under the name of Mrs. Chung Chung Bhutia, wife of Dorjee Tshering Lepcha.

The bank has requested the CID to freeze the assets of the accused officials and their immediate family members. A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, 2000.

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