Five diamond-studded necklaces, 16 pairs of earrings, three gold necklaces with gold pendants, seven diamond-studded bangles, a gold set, bracelet and rings were found stolen from the locker.
Khar Police and the HDFC Bank management were baffled when they came to know that gold and diamond-studded ornaments, worth Rs 54 lakh, had been stolen from a bank customer’s safe deposit vault.
The news came into light when a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged at Khar police station on Saturday by Ms N Agarwal of Bandra. She stated that earlier in the day she had gone to HDFC Bank, Pali Hill Branch, where she had a safe deposit vault (No 48).
On opening it, she discovered that several of her ornaments kept in the vault were missing. She immediately informed the bank authorities; then lodged a complaint with the police.
Five diamond-studded necklaces, 16 pairs of earrings, three gold necklaces with gold pendants, seven diamond-studded bangles, a gold set, bracelet and rings were found stolen from the locker.
Khar police were trying to find out how the high-security vault was breached. “Prima facie, it seems that the ornaments were taken out of the locker by using duplicate keys. We asked the complainant whether she had ever given the keys to the vault to someone for duplication; she said no. Investigations are on into the matter. We will be conducting a detailed inquiry,” Additional Commissioner of Police (West) Archana Tyagi told DNA.
Neeraj Jha, head of corporate communications, HDFC Bank, said it was impossible that such a breach of security would happen. “Security at our bank is on a par with the international standards. This kind of incident has never happened before. The bank too will initiate an investigation into the case…. As I do not have details of the complaint lodged with the police, it will be difficult to comment any further on this issue,” he said.
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