Thieves Dig 10-Foot-Long Tunnel To SBI In Kanpur, Take 1.8 Kg Of Gold

Though the thieves managed to open the gold chest, they could not pry open the cash box, which had Rs 32 lakh.

Thieves broke open a chest at a bank in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur and stole gold worth Rs 1 crore. They entered the bank's vault through a 10-feet-long tunnel, the police said today.

They dug the four-feet-wide tunnel from an empty plot adjacent to the State Bank of India's Bhanuti branch, the police said.

Though the thieves managed to open the gold chest, they could not pry open the cash box, which had Rs 32 lakh, police officer Vijay Dhull said.

Bank officials took hours to provide an estimate of the stolen gold. They said it weighed over 1.8 kg and was worth about Rs 1 crore, Mr Dhull added.