Rs 4 lakh gold goes missing from Metro scanner

Businessman lost bag containing 200 gm gold at Karol Bagh Metro station

Rs 4 lakh gold goes missing from Metro scanner

Businessman lost bag containing 200 gm gold at Karol Bagh Metro station

Before he put it inside the scanner at the Karol Bagh Metro Station, Sanjeev Nishchal's bag was worth more than Rs 4 lakh. But seconds later after it came through the scanner all that was allegedly left in his bag were some potato chips and a bottle of mineral water.

The incident occurred at around 7 pm, rush hour for this section of the Metro line, when Nishchal was returning home after buying 200 gm gold worth about Rs 4 lakh.

Cops said, after passing through the Door Frame Metal Detector, Nishchal placed his bag in the luggage scanner. When he picked it at the other end he noticed his bag had somewhat changed in appearance.

"I waited for about 35 seconds for my bag at the receiving end of the scanner.u00a0 I became anxious to see others, who came later, collecting their baggage and moving ahead. However, after a minute, a bag came out in the same colour, shape and size as mine," Nishchal told MiD DAY.

"The bag was slightly big in size compared to mine and was dull in colour," said Nishchal.

When he opened it he got the shock of his life. There was no gold in the bag, except for a packet of chips and a mineral water bottle.

He instantly raised an alarm and the CISF personnel on duty started looking for the "lost" bag. After failing to locate it, they advised Nishchal to go to the control room and look for the CCTV footage to track his bag.

"After the incident, I immediately took a round of the Metro station looking for any person carrying a similar bag. But the effort went in vain. Moreover, nobody came forward to claim the bag which I had picked up from the scanner," added Nishchal, a frequent Metro commuter.

Nishchal called up the police and a PCR van reached the spot at around 7.45 pm. After initial checks, he was advised to file a case at Rajouri Garden Metro police station.

In the meantime he called his brother Naveen Nishchal and some other close relatives at the station, from Tilak Nagar. Later all of them went to see the CCTV footage.

"The time when the incident took place the station was crowded. There were 50 to 60 people standing behind me. There was nothing clear in the footage. We could not identify a single person. We watched the footage for about an hour but we could not trace the bag," said his brother.

In his police complaint, Nishchal has also accused the CISF personnel on duty at the scanner.

"The complainant picked up a bag after it was scanned and went on to the platform. He was found searching something inside the bag. Later he came back and complained to the CISF officials that the bag he was carrying didn't belong to him. Prima Facie it looks somebody got away with his bag. CCTV footage has been acquired from Delhi Metro control room of the station. Whoever picked the bag must have done it by mistake.

The distance between the entry and exit point of the baggage scanning machine is just about three feet," CISF Spokesman Rohit Katyal said.

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