00:00Let's turn to tonight's Get Real India story.
00:02A bank account is meant to secure your hard-earned savings.
00:05But for several families in Greater Noida, that trust has turned into a nightmare.
00:10Nearly 22 crore rupees has allegedly vanished from a Punjab National Bank branch
00:14with even fixed deposits being wiped out.
00:17Among the victims are families who had parked their Jewar Airport land compensation in the bank.
00:22The CBI has registered an FIR after bank authorities filed a complaint with the central agency.
00:28Take a look at tonight's Get Real India story.
00:35An alleged multi-crore bank fraud in Greater Noida has left several account holders in distress.
00:42Approximately 22 crore rupees has gone missing from the Punjab National Bank branch in sector Pi 1.
00:48The accounts impacted include fixed deposits too.
00:52Preliminary findings indicate the funds were transferred to accounts in Jharkhand.
00:57Many among the victims have immediate expenses to meet.
01:02The courts have been delivered to the Jharkhand.
01:04You see, the verdict to the Jharkhand.
01:05You have to pay attention to the Jharkhand of the judicial court.
01:09I said, you know, when I got in time, I begged for your help.
01:13I asked the doctor to get out from a Kjart.
01:17Now I brought out of 50,000 for positional bills.
01:18And I was talking to the PD and I got aside from him.
01:19He was also who passed by the Jharkhand.
01:19So I had to write the money.
01:21So I wanted to write 50,000 for all of them.
01:24And I had to say that you didn't have to have money in your house.
01:32Many of the victims have lost money they got as compensation for their land
01:37that was required for the Jewar International Airport.
02:21The bank claims it has started returning money to the victims.
02:43The bank has suspended five employees.
02:46The rest of the staff at the branch have been replaced.
02:49According to the police, 37 people have filed complaints so far.
02:54While a police probe is underway, the bank authorities have filed a complaint with the CBI as well.
03:01Even as the bank officials reassured the account holders and promised return of their money,
03:06how a fraud of such scale could escape the notice of multiple bank employees remains a mystery.
03:13Vitarun Tyagi, Bureau Report, India Today.
