GUJRAT, Nov 2: A scam worth Rs3.8 million in the Allied Bank’s Gulliana Road branch in Kharian committed by its former manager in connivance with his son was unearthed on Friday.

Both the accused have reportedly fled the country after the Cantonment police registered a fraud case against them on the complaint of new manager Muhammad Ali.

Former branch manager Talaat Ali, a resident of Karimpura, Lalamusa, had been depositing the money of various accountholders with his son Ali Raza’s account in the same branch for the past many months.

The manager suddenly disappeared and did not attend the office for few days, which created doubts prompting ABL’s higher authorities to get the matter investigated, revealing that manager Talaat and his son Raza had embezzled Rs3.85 million.

It is a second incident of embezzlement in any bank by its own officials unearthed in the district during the past two weeks.

Earlier, a cashier of the National Bank of Pakistan’s Gujrat Main Branch had embezzled around Rs700,000 of the utility bills deposited by electricity consumers and fled. The Civil Lines police booked the cashier and started investigation.

No arrest, however, in both cases has been made so far.

BOOKED: The Sara-i-Alamgeer Sadar police on Friday booked 19 people allegedly wanted in a double murder in Faizpur locality on Thursday. The police have also taken into custody four suspects, however, their names are not yet known.

Complainant Muzaffar Husain, the father of one of the victims, Azhar Iqbal, had lodged a case against 19 people, including Shabeer Ahmad, Naseer Husain, Qadeer Husain and others.

The suspects belonging to the group headed by Shabbir had allegedly gunned down Azhar Iqbal and Muhammad Rafique and injured a woman over a land dispute.

District Police Officer Mahmoodul Hasan Qureshi has also sought a report from the station house officer.