The crime branch of Chandigarh Police on Wednesday arrested Axis Bank security guard Sunil Kumar and recovered the entire amount of Rs 4.04 crore that he had stolen from the currency chest of the same bank, located in the city’s Sector 34.
Chandigarh DSP (Crime) Rajeev Kumar Ambasta said that on the complaint of Bank official Ritish Kumar, a case was registered in Police Station- 34 on April 11. In his complaint, he stated that the security guard of the bank Sunil Kumar had stolen cash Rs 4.04 crore from the currency chest of the bank.
Ambasta said that acting on the complaint, a team headed by Sub-inspector Neeraj Kumar under the supervision of Inspector Harinder Singh Sekhon was formed to arrest the absconding accused. Acting on a tip-off, the team members arrested the accused on Wednesday from Manimajra. In the course of interrogation, the accused admitted his offence. Police team recovered Rs 3.14 lakh from his backpack.
During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he had hidden the rest of the amount in the jungle in front of Hallo Majra, Chandigarh. Based on his information, the rest amount Rs 4 Crore was also recovered from the forest area lying in another bag. The DSP said that the accused will be produced in the court and Police will seek his remand to ascertain whether there is involvement of other persons and recovery of articles purchased from stolen money.
Earlier, Bank official Ritish Kumar had told the police that Sunil Kumar, resident of Morni, Panchkula was a member of the MSF security agency that had been hired to provide unarmed guards for frisking and checking.
He was posted here for the last three years. India Reserve Battalion (IRB) personnel are also deputed at the bank’s Chandigarh currency chest. The IRB personnel had reported that unarmed guard Sunil Kumar, who was on night duty, was missing and the door of the currency chest was found opened early on April 11.
The bank’s chest staff reached the spot and started checking CCTV footage that showed Sunil Kumar taking out something wrapped from the premises. On checking, one of the boxes was found damaged and opened. A sum of Rs 4.04 crore was missing from the box. The staff found that the accused had stolen two packets of 20 bundles each of currency notes in the denomination of Rs 2,000.
