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Bank's staff is not able to open lockers without a customer's key, Islami Bank Chawkbazar branch manager, SM Shafiqul Mawla Chowdhury and vice president of the bank has claimed.
"It is not possible for bank staff to steal anything from a customer's locker. Lockers can only be opened with the key that customers possess," the branch manager told journalists at his office on Sunday (2 June), denying allegations of theft of 149 bhori of gold from a customer's locker at the branch in Chattogram.
On 29 May, Rokeya Akter Bari, a customer who has been using the bank's locker for the past 17 years, went to the Chawkbazar branch of the bank to retrieve some gold jewellery.
The customer alleged that she requested the officer-in-charge of the lockers to open her locker. As soon as the door of the locker room opened, the officer saw that the customer's allocated locker was already open.
Rokeya reported that the locker contained 149 bhori of gold jewellery, including bangles, necklaces, chains, rings, and earrings worth approximately Tk1.5 crore. Upon opening the locker, she found only 10 to 11 bhori of gold remaining.
Meanwhile, A three-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident.
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