A case of theft involving cash Rs 74,000 was registered with Gunj police station on Saturday. The accused made away with cash of victim by tactfully exchanging the original currency notes with paper bundles exactly the size of note, police said.
According to police Sunil Tinde (26) resident of Vikas Nagar, Gudhiyari an employee of Maharashtra-Gujarat Road lines had gone in PNB station road branch to deposit cash Rs 1.50 lakh in the bank. “In the bank the complainant met with a person who asked pen from Tinde and said him to assist in filling the deposit slip. While Tinde was helping the unidentified man a second unidentified person approached them and told the first person whom Tinde was helping that he would require opening a new account for depositing money,” said officer investigating the case.
Police further said, the second unidentified person asked Tinde to keep his cash Rs 1 lakh bundled in a cloth while he (second person) would go with the first person to open account in a nearby bank. Tinde believing on them kept the bundles which originally were ordinary paper fastened with Rs 500 note on their top. In exchange of pen and bundles of not the unidentified accused somehow managed to steal the bag in which Tinde had kept the money and went away. On complaint of Tinde, Gunj police has registered a case of theft and is investigating.