Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Woman finds ₹50 lakh jewellery missing from SBI locker
A lady named Rashmi Arora kept her jewellery and valuable things in a bank locker many years ago.
In 2003, she opened a locker at a bank in Kanpur, India.
She later moved to another city and could not visit the bank for a long time.
The bank kept taking small fees from her account, so she thought the locker was still safe.
When she finally went back, the bank let her open the locker with staff present.
To her surprise, the locker was completely empty.
She says things worth ₹50 lakh were inside and now they are gone.
She thinks the bank workers took her things.
The police are now looking at bank records and camera footage to find out what happened.
No one knows yet who emptied the locker.
Rashmi Arora opened locker number 23 at the then State Bank of Travancore branch in Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur, in 2003.
She claimed jewellery and valuables worth ₹50 lakh were missing when she opened the locker on July 27 with bank staff present.
Arora accused bank management and staff of plotting to misappropriate the jewellery after finding the locker empty.
Swaroop Nagar police registered an FIR against the branch manager and concerned employees.
Investigators found entries suggesting the locker was previously accessed and are examining access registers and CCTV footage.
- Who
- Rashmi Arora, a Kaushalpuri resident who moved to Lucknow, filed a complaint against the branch manager and concerned employees of the SBI (formerly State Bank of Travancore) branch in Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur.
- What
- Arora found her bank locker empty when she opened it for the first time in 23 years, with jewellery and valuables worth ₹50 lakh allegedly missing.
- When
- The locker was opened in 2003 and was found empty on July 27, 23 years later.
- Where
- State Bank of Travancore (now part of SBI) branch in Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur.
- Why
- Arora alleges bank management and staff misappropriated her valuables; police are investigating when the locker was accessed and how the contents disappeared.
- Complainant
- Rashmi Arora
- Locker Number
- 23
- Alleged Loss
- Jewellery and valuables worth ₹50 lakh
- Locker Opened
- 2003
- Locker Found Empty
- July 27
- Location
- SBT/SBI branch, Swaroop Nagar, Kanpur
- FIR
- Registered against branch manager and concerned employees
- Bank Merger
- SBT merged into SBI in 2017