cbi books sbi worker for stealing bank clients' jewels well worth Rs 8 cr
New Delhi, Jan 21 An employee of the state financial institution of india (SBI) in tamil Nadu became booked through the cbi for misappropriating jewellery really worth Rs 8 crore with the aid of reducing portions of gold with a blade and taking home elements of ornaments pledged through bank clients against loans.
B. Sekar, employed as a cash officer in SBI's Kethanur branch, Palladam, done the unlawful act over 5 years between 2017 and 2022 at the same time as working in the jewels department.
An initial case towards Sekar, 57, become registered with the aid of police at the complaint of branch manager k. Sudhadevi who checked CCTV pictures before arriving at the realization that Sekar turned into concerned in dishonest and misappropriation.
She told the police that she came to know about Sekar's acts from media reports on march 12, 2022, which carried proceedings from clients alleging that their jewels pledged in the financial institution branch were weighing less than their unique weight. The police registered an FIR towards Sekar under penal provisions related to breach of accept as true with and dishonest.
Later, the madras excessive court docket on august 28, 2024, directed the director standard of police, tamil Nadu, to problem essential orders for the transfer of investigation to the CBI. Following this, a grievance relating to misappropriation and dishonest involving Rs eight crore turned into registered with the aid of the federal enterprise.
The department manager's complaint in opposition to the worker said, " prison motion may be taken against B. Sekar for the act of misappropriation of jewels of the clients of our branch and to get back the jewels misappropriated via him."
while giving her criticism, she shared Sekar's address as TSB home, balaji Nagar, TKT Mill bus stop, Palladam avenue, Tiruppur.
The department manager stated that based totally on the orders of the senior officials an inquiry became performed, and the CCTV pictures of the branch become scrutinised for january 11, 2022, of the jewels division.
The complaint stated, "It changed into determined that from may additionally 8, 2017, Sekar misappropriated a number of the components of the jewels pledged by means of the clients of our branch the usage of a cutting blade. based totally on which an administrative internal inquiry is being carried out."
The Anti-Corruption department, chennai, filed a clean FIR towards Sekar on monday and filed its reproduction before the leader Judicial Justice of the Peace, Coimbatore.
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