In a sensational case of theft in the high security zone, some unknown miscreants broke into the Kadipur tehsil treasury of Sultanpur district and decamped with Rs 1.15 crore.
The incident took place sometime on late Friday night and was noticed only on Saturday morning. Senior police officers later rushed to the spot and investigated the matter. They formed teams to trace out the accused and arrest them. Some treasury staff members were also picked up for interrogation as the police suspect that some insider had passed on the information about presence of money in the lockers which helped the miscreants to commit the crime.
Station officer of Kotwali police station, Anil Sonekar and two constables
have been also placed under suspension for laxity, the officers claimed, adding one of the constables abstained from duty without informing the officers concerned, while the others were unaware of the theft.
Reports said that some unidentified miscreants broke open the double locks of the treasury in Kadipur Thesil office at Sultanpur and later opened the lockers to flee away with the cash. The money amounting to Rs 1 crore was brought from the Bank of Baroda branch in Kadipur only on Friday and was kept in the
Treasury, along with Rs 15 lakh for disbursal among farmers for their land acquired for the Purvanchal expressway. A case was registered in this regard and further investigations are on.