UP woman opens bank locker after years, finds jewellery worth Rs 50 lakh missing
A woman claimed that jewellery and valuables worth nearly Rs 50 lakh vanished from her bank locker in Kanpur. Police have filed an FIR and are examining access records, CCTV footage and possible security lapses.
A woman claimed that she had kept jewellery and other valuables worth nearly Rs 50 lakh in a State Bank of India locker in Kanpur, only to come across the locker empty when she finally returned to access it after years.
The woman said that she had opened the locker in 2003 at the then State Bank of Travancore’s Swaroop Nagar branch. The bank later became part of the State Bank of India following the merger of several associate banks.
The State Bank of Travancore (SBT) was a major Indian bank headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and was a major associate of the State Bank of India. It was merged into the State Bank of India (SBI) in 2017, which resulted in SBT being discontinued as an independent brand.
She claimed that she had kept gold jewellery and other valuables worth around Rs 50 lakh inside the locker.
After her husband’s death, the woman shifted to Lucknow and was unable to visit the branch regularly. However, locker charges continued to be deducted from her bank account, leading her to believe that the locker remained active.
When she recently approached the bank to access it, she was told that the locker records were not immediately available following the merger. After the bank traced the relevant details and verified the records, she was eventually allowed to open the locker.
What she found inside, however, was an empty compartment.
The woman then approached the police, claiming that the jewellery and other valuables she had kept in the locker were missing. Following her complaint, an FIR was registered at Swaroop Nagar police station against the branch manager and other bank employees.
During the preliminary probe, police found entries indicating that the locker had been accessed previously. Investigators were now examining the bank’s records, locker access registers, CCTV footage and other documents to determine when the locker was opened and how the valuables could have disappeared.
The investigation is still underway, with police working to establish who accessed the locker and whether there were lapses in the bank’s record-keeping or locker security.
A woman claimed that she had kept jewellery and other valuables worth nearly Rs 50 lakh in a State Bank of India locker in Kanpur, only to come across the locker empty when she finally returned to access it after years.
The woman said that she had opened the locker in 2003 at the then State Bank of Travancore’s Swaroop Nagar branch. The bank later became part of the State Bank of India following the merger of several associate banks.
The State Bank of Travancore (SBT) was a major Indian bank headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and was a major associate of the State Bank of India. It was merged into the State Bank of India (SBI) in 2017, which resulted in SBT being discontinued as an independent brand.
She claimed that she had kept gold jewellery and other valuables worth around Rs 50 lakh inside the locker.
After her husband’s death, the woman shifted to Lucknow and was unable to visit the branch regularly. However, locker charges continued to be deducted from her bank account, leading her to believe that the locker remained active.
When she recently approached the bank to access it, she was told that the locker records were not immediately available following the merger. After the bank traced the relevant details and verified the records, she was eventually allowed to open the locker.
What she found inside, however, was an empty compartment.
The woman then approached the police, claiming that the jewellery and other valuables she had kept in the locker were missing. Following her complaint, an FIR was registered at Swaroop Nagar police station against the branch manager and other bank employees.
During the preliminary probe, police found entries indicating that the locker had been accessed previously. Investigators were now examining the bank’s records, locker access registers, CCTV footage and other documents to determine when the locker was opened and how the valuables could have disappeared.
The investigation is still underway, with police working to establish who accessed the locker and whether there were lapses in the bank’s record-keeping or locker security.
A woman claimed that she had kept jewellery and other valuables worth nearly Rs 50 lakh in a State Bank of India locker in Kanpur, only to come across the locker empty when she finally returned to access it after years.
The woman said that she had opened the locker in 2003 at the then State Bank of Travancore’s Swaroop Nagar branch. The bank later became part of the State Bank of India following the merger of several associate banks.
The State Bank of Travancore (SBT) was a major Indian bank headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and was a major associate of the State Bank of India. It was merged into the State Bank of India (SBI) in 2017, which resulted in SBT being discontinued as an independent brand.
She claimed that she had kept gold jewellery and other valuables worth around Rs 50 lakh inside the locker.
After her husband’s death, the woman shifted to Lucknow and was unable to visit the branch regularly. However, locker charges continued to be deducted from her bank account, leading her to believe that the locker remained active.
When she recently approached the bank to access it, she was told that the locker records were not immediately available following the merger. After the bank traced the relevant details and verified the records, she was eventually allowed to open the locker.
What she found inside, however, was an empty compartment.
The woman then approached the police, claiming that the jewellery and other valuables she had kept in the locker were missing. Following her complaint, an FIR was registered at Swaroop Nagar police station against the branch manager and other bank employees.
During the preliminary probe, police found entries indicating that the locker had been accessed previously. Investigators were now examining the bank’s records, locker access registers, CCTV footage and other documents to determine when the locker was opened and how the valuables could have disappeared.
The investigation is still underway, with police working to establish who accessed the locker and whether there were lapses in the bank’s record-keeping or locker security.
