KATHMANDU: Six persons have been taken under police custody for masterminding a bank fraud in the capital city.

The arrestees have been identified as Anjan Baral, Subhash Shrestha, Manish Ghimire, Kumar Tamang, Suman Poudel and Govinda Ghimire. Police confiscated cash, cheque book, debit card and other documents from their possession, which were used in their fraudulent undertaking.

They are accused of withdrawing nearly Rs 2 million from Baneshwar branch of Janata Bank by misleadingly issuing a cheque book of an account holder and using forged signature upon it.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shyam Gyawali confirmed that the accused are kept at Metropolitan Police Range, Teku and an investigation into the incident is underway.

It has been learnt that they withdrew the sum in numerous transactions.