Haliyal: A man who was allegedly cheating the customers of a bank by offering to help them to fill vouchers for electronic fund transfer, was nabbed upon a complaint lodged with the Syndicate Bank here on 1st June, Thursday.

The accused has been identified as Sangappa Irappa Gutteppanavar of Kardigudda village in Dharwad district, who presently resides at Gandhinagar in Belagavi. He was caught by an employee of the Syndicate Bank based on his suspicious movement.

He was produced before the JMFC Court, which remanded him in judicial custody till June 14.

Rukma Hondadakatti of Timmapur village had lodged a complaint with the Syndicate Bank. According to bank manager Manjunath Raval, the man had cheated the complainant of Rs 20,000 on May 22 after he offered to help her write a voucher for NEFT. He managed to get her thumb impression on two vouchers and used one of them for transferring money to his wife.

According to police sources, the man has similarly duped another customer of KDCC Bank of Rs 30,000 on May 18.