Jammu: ATM transactions detected from missing Army officer's card

<p>Kanker (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 29 (ANI): Personnel from the Indian Army have detected an ATM transaction made from missing Army officer Rakesh Patel's card.</p><p>Patel has been missing since June 17 and remains untraceable. However, two ATM transactions have been reported since then, despite him being missing.</p><p>As per Rakesh's family, the officer, who is posted with the intelligence department, had visited Kanker in April, after which he returned to Jammu for his duty. However, the family received a call on June 17 saying Patel had gone somewhere without informing anybody.</p><p>Soon after, an Army personnel informed Rakesh's brother Raju that an ATM withdrawal of Rs. 25,000 was made from the officer's account.</p><p>On June 25, Raju got another call stating that an ATM transaction of Rs. 10,000 was made from his brother's card at a Bank of Baroda branch in Jagdalpur.</p><p>However, Rakesh could not be traced, and his phone continued to be switched off.</p><p>According to Dwarika Prasad Srivas of Kanker police station, a letter came as a notice from Jammu's Army office about Rakesh's sudden disappearance. Since then, the police started investigating, but they have not been able to trace any information so far.</p><p>A search operation for Rakesh is underway. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>

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