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Yet another theft at HDFC bank!
Another case of theft has been reported from a locker of the HDFC Bank8217;s Boat Club Road branch, making this the fifth in the series of complaints filed with the police.
In an FIR lodged by Dilip Amritlal Monga, a resident of Viman Nagar, jewellery and cash totalling to Rs 18,10,000 was allegedly stolen from his locker between May 24 and June 16. According to the police, this is the fifth case to be registered with the Bund Garden police station following similar complaints filed earlier. The first complaint was filed by Gurlin Kaur Sehgal on June 6. She had alleged that bonds, cash and jewellery worth over Rs 10 lakh had allegedly disappeared from her locker when she had opened it on June 5.
According to senior police officials, they were suspecting an insider to be involved. Investigations had revealed that five bank lockers were leased to five employees of the bank. These were subsequently sealed by the police. Gurleen Kaur and some of the complainants had also given a joint statement to the police requesting them to check the contents of the sealed lockers.
One killed
One man was killed and two injured when a luxury bus dashed against a truck near Khadki police station in the early hours of Friday morning. The truck was parked when the bus rammed into the truck killing the bus cleaner Jayaram Phadtare 25, a resident of Satara. One passenger, Chandru Kolhekar 45, also a resident of Satara and the truck cleaner, Ashok Rambhau Lande were also injured. The driver of the bus, Balu Jaganath Katkar 32 has been arrested. The injured have been admitted to Sassoon Hospital.
