KARACHI: Darakshan police have registered a case against staff of a private bank’s branch in Defence Housing Authority over charges of criminal breach of trust by misappropriating gold ornaments from lockers of the branch, officials said on Thursday.

Clifton SP Dr Rohail Khoso said it appeared to be a case of ‘misappropriation’ and not robbery or theft.

Area police officer Mir Hasan said that an investigation was started after registration of the case but no one had been detained as yet. He said the complainant, Anwar-ul-Haq, told the police that one-and-a-half to two kilos of gold ornaments had been taken away from his locker in Faisal Bank’s branch, located on Khayaban-i-Shahbaz, Phase-VI.

According to contents of the FIR, the complainant has his construction business. He, his family members and some other relatives had kept their gold ornaments in his locker No. 514 in the branch which they had been using since 2008. He along with his wife visited the branch on Aug 29 and in the presence of its staff, opened the locker but found the ornaments missing. On Aug 31, he again visited the branch and spoke to the staff. One female staffer opened the locker, which did not have the ornaments.

“I also talked to the operation manager and asked about the ornaments but he did not give me a satisfactory reply,” said the complainant, adding that he then called Madadgar-15 for help.

“My claim is that bank officials and employees by committing breach of trust had stolen the gold,” the FIR stated.

Published in Dawn, September 2nd, 2022