CHENNAI: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Greater Chennai Police arrested an HDFC Bank employee in connection with a locker theft reported by a non-resident Indian (NRI) customer and recovered all stolen valuables, according to the officials.

According to the police, Swaroopa Rani Sivakumar, who lives in the United States, held a locker at the Velachery branch of HDFC Bank and had authorised her mother in Chennai to access it. During a routine check, the family found that gold jewellery weighing 238 grams and cash of Rs 20.6 lakh were missing.

Based on a complaint filed by Swaroopa Rani's brother, Senthilkumar, the case was registered on November 12 and taken up for investigation. During the probe, the special team identified the bank’s Grade-II Manager and Locker Vault In-charge a

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