Ludhiana, March 7 -- In a major cyber fraud case, the cyber crime police station of Ludhiana Commissionerate has registered an FIR against unidentified fraudsters for allegedly duping the State Bank of India (SBI) of nearly Rs.1 crore by tampering with ATM machines across the city between 2020 and 2021.

The case was registered following orders from the Ludhiana sessions court, which the bank had approached after detecting suspicious transactions at multiple ATM kiosks. According to the complaint, the fraud was carried out at as many as 119 SBI ATM locations across Ludhiana.

The FIR has been lodged on the complaint of Avinash Kumar, manager at the treasury branch of SBI in Civil Lines.

Police have registered a case under Sections 420 (c...