Chandigarh, Feb. 4 -- The Faridabad Police has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against the manager and several staff members of a Sector 15 branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) following allegations of criminal breach of trust and the misappropriation of jewellery worth crores of rupees. The case was filed under Sections 316(5) and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) after a local Chartered Accountant and his wife discovered that their joint locker had been tampered with and its contents were missing.
According to Faridabad Police spokesperson Yashpal Singh, the matter came to light on January 30 when the complainant's wife visited the branch for routine work. The couple has maintained a bank account and a locker at this...