The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into the disappearance of Rs 11 crore coins from the vault of a State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Rajasthan's Mehandipur Balaji. Officials gave this information on Monday.
The State Bank of India (SBI) had moved the Rajasthan High Court requesting a CBI probe into the matter as the missing amount is more than Rs 3 crore, which is necessary for the agency's demand for a probe.
On the directions of the High Court, the CBI has taken cognizance of the FIR registered earlier by the Rajasthan Police. The matter came to light when the SBI branch decided to count the coins after preliminary investigation, which indicated discrepancy in the cash kept in the bank.
A Jaipur-based private vendor was roped in to carry out the counting of coins worth over Rs 13 crore, according to branch account books.
The counting revealed that over Rs 11 crore worth of coins were missing from the branch.
Only 3,000 coin bags carrying about Rs 2 crore could be accounted for and were transferred to the RBI's coin holding branch.
It is also alleged that the employees of the private vendor who was doing the counting were threatened in the night on August 10, 2021 at the guesthouse where they were staying and were asked to refrain from the counting, the FIR has alleged.
