Unidentified man stole Rs. 11 lakh from IOB branch in Triplicane last year
On December 26, 2012, an unidentified man slipped away with cash bundles totalling to an amount of Rs. 11 lakh from the Indian Overseas Bank on the Triplicane High Road.
The theft was captured on the CCTV camera installed in the branch. However, almost two months after the incident, the police have no crucial leads.
Sources with the Triplicane police said, the theft took place around 3.10 p.m. on a Wednesday, when bank operations for customers were almost complete and the staff were switching to accounting process.
CCTV footage showed a youth with a beard, wearing a black full-sleeve shirt and a brown cap, entering the branch with a half-opened backpack. The man walked around, combing the area including the counters, while keeping in sight the spot where the CCTV camera was located. He then stole Rs. 11 lakh from a cash counter while the cashier was absent, placed the money in his backpack and strolled out of the branch.
Bank officials, however, realised the theft only in the evening. They examined CCTV footage and lodged a complaint the following day, sources said.
A Triplicane police team examined the CCTV footage which shows the suspect walking near counters in the branch.
All the staff members of the branch were questioned by investigators. However, the identity of the man in the CCTV grab has not been established.
“We are probing all angles and have taken phone records of all the persons in the branch and in the vicinity at the time of the theft. We are confident about cracking the case very soon and apprehending the thief,” Anil Kumar Giri, deputy commissioner of police, Triplicane, said.
Keywords: Indian Overseas Bank, IOB robbery
It appears to be a insider job who knows the routine.The bank often employs temporary staff and if the police verify the record of the staff over a period of one month they get hold of some evidence.
No cashier will leave such a heavy cash in the counter when he leaves the cage == he is
expected to keep the cash either in the box provided or in the table drawers == nowadays the
staff working at cash counters take things very easy and this is the result
How did the cashier leave the counter with so much cash there? Most banks don't even bring
out too much cash unless a payment is anticipated. The cashier is clearly at fault. And how did the guy access the cash? Unless he knew the location of the money in the counter r he was a carpenter building counters - without metal protection. High time cash is eliminated to >make a secure alternative system.
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