Bank to return Rs 16.38 crore illegally withdrawn from Agartala civic body's account: CM Saha

Agartala, Sep 23 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Tuesday that a nationalised bank has assured that the entire Rs 16.38 crore, which was illegally withdrawn from the Agartala Municipal Corporation's (AMC) bank account using cloned cheques, will be returned to the civic body's account.

The Chief Minister, while replying to queries from MLAs in the Tripura Assembly, said there was no fault on the part of the AMC in the illegal withdrawal, as the original cheques remain in the civic body's custody.