Kanpur Police reveals bank officials responsible for theft from Central Bank of India lockers

Kanpur Police revealed that bank officials were responsible for the theft of valuables worth almost Rs 3 crores from the Central Bank of India lockers.

Kanpur Commissionerate Police revealed on Friday that bank officials are behind the numerous thefts from the lockers of the Central Bank of India. An estimated Rs 3 crore worth of jewellery was reported as missing from the lockers.

The police have taken 4 people including a branch manager, into custody.

The police started an investigation after nine customers of the Central Bank of India, Karachi Khana branch in Kanpur filed an FIR. They had filed a report alleging that valuables worth almost Rs 3 crore had gone missing from their lockers.

The bank has a total of 1142 lockers out of which 507 are allotted. Out of those allotted, 306 lockers have been examined by their respective holders. The remaining 201 are yet to be inspected. The police have asked all locker holders to check their allotted lockers.

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Salman Taj Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), crime revealed that the lockers were broken into on December 9 2021. They were pried open by inserting a thin iron object. All the officials of Central Bank's Karachikhana Kanpur branch were present during the theft.

Chandraprakash, who played the main role in opening the lockers, confessed that he was given an extra Rs 10,000. He also received about 300 grams of jewellery as a reward.