Noida: About 96 packets of gold worth crores of rupees were found missing from the locker of a bank in Uttar Pradesh, claimed reports.
The bank’s Agra regional office chief manager Aditya Pratap Singh lodged an FIR at the Araon police station on Wednesday night. He has raised allegations against three employees, including the then branch manager, in his complaint.
Superintendent of Police Aditya Langhe said the complaint stated that bank staff member and k
ey custodian Dilip Kumar, a resident of Basgaon village, had been absent without information since last month. Due to his absence, locker-related work had stopped.
When the bank failed to contact him, the regional office in Agra was informed. Following this, senior security manager Ankit and senior manager (security) of the Ghiror branch, Sushil Kumar, were sent to the Bharaul branch, where the incident took place, reported NDTV. They were sent on June 15.
Police said a duplicate key was arranged. The locker was opened thereafter in the presence of the bank’s advocate Shiv Kumar Sharma with video recording. Officials found that 96 gold loan packets were missing from its locker.
However, in the FIR, police have not mentioned the weight or value of the missing gold, reported NDTV. But it is suspected to be worth crores of rupees, cops said.
An FIR has been registered under Section 316(5)(criminal breach of trust) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against ex-branch manager Sandeep Yadav, staff officer Dilip Kumar and credit officer or staff officer Naresh Kumar, police said.