Delhi woman and daughter steal jewellery from bank locker after being handed wrong keys; arrested

The Delhi Police said they are questioning officials of Punjab National Bank in connection with the theft.

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"The locker contained several gold ornaments such as gold bar, gold coins, and a diamond set, apart from registry documents,” said Paul in the FIR. (representational image)

A woman and her daughter were arrested by the Delhi Police last week for allegedly stealing gold and diamond ornaments and other valuables from the locker of a Lajpat Nagar resident after being handed the wrong key by officials of the Central government-run bank.

In the First Information Report (FIR) filed on September 5, Yash Paul said he has had a bank account with the Punjab National Bank in Jangpura for the past 20 years and has a locker. “For the past couple of days, I had been visiting the bank to get the locker opened but there was some issue with its lock… On September 4, the locker-in-charge called me to the bank and said a Godrej representative would also come to get the lock opened,” said Paul.

“The locker contained several gold ornaments such as gold bar, gold coins, and a diamond set, apart from registry documents,” said Paul in the FIR.

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Paul said that when the locker was broken open, he could not find any of his valuables and questioned the bank manager. The bank manager said that on July 10, two women, identifying themselves as Shashi and Aashi Ramani, asked him to open the locker after furnishing the requisite documents and verifications.

A senior officer said the woman Shashi and her daughter Aashi had a joint account in the same branch of Punjab National Bank. “They mistakenly got the victim’s locker opened instead of their own… However, after opening it, they saw a lot of valuables and gold ornaments,” said a police officer.

They decided to claim it as their account and took all the valuables. “They gave the gold ornaments to multiple receivers who have been bound down… Aashi, 33, works with Amazon and Shashi, 55, is unemployed,” said the officer.

The officer added bank employees, who claimed that the incident took place “mistakenly”, are also being questioned.

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