Gurugram, June 4 -- At least 13 suspects have been booked for allegedly defrauding a private sector bank of Rs.71.5 lakh by availing personal loans using forged documents and diverting the funds to Mumbai, police said on Tuesday. The loans were issued between May 2022 and February 2024 from a Sector 14 branch in Gurugram. The fraud surfaced after the bank initiated an internal inquiry when several borrowers defaulted in February. A senior police officer said, "These 13 customers had submitted six common residential addresses. However, during verification, none were found to reside there." They posed as employees of auto firms using forged salary slips, bank statements, and employment records. "There's a strong chance some bank officials connived with the suspects or skipped physical verification," the officer added. Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer of Gurugram police said that an FIR was registered Monday under IPC, adding Economic Offences Wing is probing the case.debashish karmakar...