India, Jan. 28 -- LUCKNOW More than a year after one of Lucknow's most audacious bank robberies, police on Tuesday returned recovered gold and silver jewellery to 14 locker holders of Indian Overseas Bank's (IOB) Matiyari branch, following court orders.

The handover, however, offers only partial relief to dozens of families who lost valuables worth crores in the December 2024 incident. It all happened on December 22-23 night in 2024, when a gang broke into the IOB Matiyari branch by demolishing a wall and cut open lockers using specialised equipment. As many as 42 lockers were looted, with jewellery and cash worth crores stolen. The case was registered at Chinhat police station under relevant sections of the BNS.

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