Rs 2 crore in locker, but SBI allots it to someone else; Faridabad CA still charged

A Faridabad chartered accountant has alleged that his SBI locker containing valuables worth around Rs 2 crore mysteriously vanished and was reallotted to another person.

A case involving the alleged disappearance of gold, silver and valuables worth around Rs 2 crore has surfaced at a State Bank of India branch in Faridabad, with the locker of a chartered accountant reportedly going missing from the bank.

The incident occurred at the Sector 15 market branch of State Bank of India in Faridabad. According to the complaint, the locker belonged to chartered accountant DC Garg and had been in use for the past 12 years.

Two days ago, when Garg’s wife visited the bank to operate the locker, she was informed that the locker no longer existed at the branch. This came despite the fact that the annual locker fee continued to be deducted from Garg’s bank account until a year ago.

After being informed, DC Garg and his family reached the bank and questioned officials, who reportedly told them that no such locker was registered in his name. Garg said he still possesses the original locker key, but bank officials claimed that the locker number had been allotted to another person.

Garg said he had taken the locker in 2014 and that an annual fee of Rs 2,360 was regularly deducted from his account. He alleged that the bank handed over a duplicate key of his locker to the person currently shown as the locker holder.

According to Garg, bank officials suggested that he might have surrendered the locker earlier. He, however, rejected the claim, stating that surrendering a locker involves paperwork and the bank takes back the original key, which he still has.