Bathinda, Aug. 21 -- The cashier arrested last month for stealing crores from bank accounts of unsuspecting customers at State Bank of India's (SBI) branch in Sadiq, Faridkot, was assisted by his wife and a friend in the crime, police probe has revealed. Apart from the 186 complaints received from bank customers by the end of July, alleging theft of Rs.14 crore in all from their accounts, 14 more complaints have poured in over the last 20 days, claiming loss of another Rs.1 crore. Faridkot senior superintendent of police (SSP) Pragya Jain remained unavailable for comments on the progress in the case in which around 200 villagers were duped. Officials privy to the case said investigation revealed suspicious transactions amounting to Rs.2.30 crore in the account of Rupinder Kaur, wife of the mastermind, Amit Dhingra, who had been working for SBI for 15 years. She was the first one to be arrested in the case on July 24, before Amit's arrest from Vrindavan in UP's Mathura district on July 30. A week later, a friend of the cashier, Abhishekh Kumar Gupta, was arrested on August 7, and gold ornaments and other articles were recovered from him. While Rupinder's bank account was operated and controlled by Amit, and linked to his mobile number, the bills of gold ornaments recovered from Gupta were also in Amit's name, said investigators. Sadiq station house officer (SHO) Navdeep Singh said raids were being conducted to nab more culprits in the crime. "So far, we have arrested Amit, his wife and his friend. All three are in judicial custody. More arrests are likely soon," said the SHO. Regional SBI manager Praveen Soni on Wednesday said in the first phase, the bank had refunded Rs.25 lakh to some of the affected customers.Soni said SBI had committed to refund the losses with 1% compensation within 90 days of the complaint submitted to the bank. "No irregularity in the bank lockers and gold loan has been found so far. We are working to audit the fraud," added the official. He said a departmental inquiry had also been instituted to fix the responsibility of its staff for committing procedural lapses....