Bhubaneswar, April 29 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch has arrested a fraudster over his alleged involvement in a cheque cloning case of Bank of India amounting to Rs 9.60 crore.

The accused, Pomesh Tembhare, was apprehended in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh on April 26.

The offence had come to fore after lodging of a complaint by Sujata Kanungo, the chief manager of Bank of India in Baripada, regarding unauthorized transactions of Rs. 9,56,76,600 from the account of the District Mineral Foundation Trust of Zilla Parishad, Mayurbhanj. These transactions occurred through four cheques on April 10 and April 18, this year.

Investigation revealed that the fraudsters transferred the funds to two accounts, PT Construct...