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Lucknow: An attempt to steal Rs 146 crore from a Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Bank Limited in Lucknow was thwarted by an alert staff. Cyber hackers were attempting to steal the money in connivance with a former employee of the bank. The bank MD has lodged an FIR with the cyber cell of the Uttar Pradesh Police and suspended 10 officials, including Hazratganj branch manager, cashier and a guard. A senior bank official said that the security agency has been blacklisted. Two retired bank officials, R.S. Dubey and G.S. Chauhan, have been detained and an audit from the I-T Department has also been sought. As per preliminary probe, the hackers infiltrated the security system of the Hazratganj branch of the bank and tried to steal the money. The attempted heist came to fore when branch officials suddenly noticed an online debit of Rs 146 crore from the bank account to seven different accounts in other banks. Officials blocked the funds right on time and foiled the cyber criminals' attempt to defraud the bank. After blocking the fund, officials contacted higher authorities and the funds were immediately frozen, and the transactions cancelled. According to sources, the role of a former employee of the cooperative bank has come under scrutiny. This former employee is said to have arrived at the bank branch with an unidentified person and allegedly tampered the system. The IDs of two UPCB employees were used to transfer crores of rupees online. The police are also questioning three employees. Superintendent of Police, Cyber Cell, Triveni Singh, said that a forensic audit of the computers used for transactions will be done by experts. "All the systems were password protected which seems to have been compromised and hence the role of other emplo ...