How was a bank employee in Bangalore arrested for stealing from safe deposit boxes?

[Teo99]

I was looking through the news and I'm honestly shocked by the recent incident in Bengaluru (Bangalore). Turns out a bank employee was stealing gold directly from bank vaults and clients' safe deposit boxes! I was really stunned by the scale of this daring theft—we're talking about almost 2.7 kg of precious metal! As someone who always considered bank vaults to be the safest place to store valuables, I want to understand: how exactly did he manage to pull off a scheme like this, and what details of the investigation did the police reveal?

 

[Teo99]

Did he use some kind of counterfeit jewelry or fakes in place of the taken gold to hide the shortage for so long during routine audit checks of the vault?

 

[Marat]

Hey! I actually read about this in detail in an article on Ten News. It turns out the employee abused his official access to the lockers, but the police quickly figured out the counterfeits. You should definitely check it out—the full timeline is laid out right here: https://tennews.in/bank-employee-in...7-kg-of-gold-from-clients-safe-deposit-boxes/ !The scheme was uncovered after a routine inspection and complaints from clients who noticed their pledged gold missing. Having the keys and access to internal records, the bank official replaced real jewelry with fakes or simply pawned them illegally at private finance companies to cover his online gambling debts. What do you guys think—should banks introduce dual biometric controls for employees entering the vault area?