Bathinda, Aug. 1 -- A cashier working for the State Bank of India (SBI) in Faridkot's Sadiq town for 15 years has been arrested for stealing at least Rs.14 crore from the bank accounts of unsuspecting customers.

The accused, Amit Dhingra, had been on the run since the fraud first came to light on July 21 after a customer at the semi-urban branch detected large-scale discrepancies in his savings account.

Hot on the trail of the cashier for nine days, Faridkot police tracked him to an apartment complex in Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on July 30.

As police teams reached Dhingra's hideout, high drama unfolded after he clung to a ninth-floor apartment's balcony and threatened to jump.

"Our team managed to persuade him to s...