Akola bank cleaner uses duplicate key to steal ₹1cr gold
A bank cleaner in Akola, Maharashtra, has been caught for stealing over ₹1 crore worth of gold from a customer's locker.
Using a duplicate key, the 29-year-old managed to unlock the high-security locker and walk away with more than 700gm of gold.
The theft came to light during an ongoing police investigation into alleged irregularities surrounding certain demand loan transactions at the Central Bank of India branch in Akola.
Mortgaged gold traced to suspect account
After the branch head reported the incident, police discovered that the stolen gold had been mortgaged at several finance companies, with the cash ending up in the suspect's own account.
Now, investigators are digging into how he got hold of a duplicate key and whether anyone else was involved.
The accused is currently in police custody as officials work to recover the missing gold and get to the bottom of what happened.