A total of Rs 25 lakh in cash were burgled from Bhopal Co-operative Central bank under Shahpura police station area on Wednesday. The police have found the CCTV footages in which the accused was seen moving fearlessly at ease.
According to the police miscreant targeted Bhopal Co-operative Central bank and escaped with cash from the locker. At around 9 am when the bank manager Hemant Singh went to open the bank he found that the locks were found broken and on entering the bank cash was found missing from the locker.
SHO of Shahpura Ashish Dhurve said that the security guard for night was not deployed for the past two weeks and it is possible that miscreant was aware of the fact.
In the CCTV footage obtained from the bank miscreant has been spotted but he is still to be identified. The burglary was committed between 6 pm to 9 pm. The circumstantial evidences suggest that the money left by the miscreant was due to the heavy weight and number of stacks of notes of denomination of Rs 10 and Rs 20 which totaled around Rs 14 lakh. The total amount loss was around Rs 24.9 lakh which was in the form of currency notes of denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
The bank staff would be questioned which could help in the investigation.
ASP Crime Shailendra Singh Chouhan said that the way in which the miscreant has been found roaming inside the bank suggest that he was acquainted but the bank staff has not indentified the miscreant.
Crime was properly planned as the miscreant was aware that after 9 pm the bank is not guarded by security guard.
There are factors which have to investigate regarding the breaking of strong locker with ease and failing of alarm to raise alert, he added. The police have registered a case under section 457 and 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.