Passenger aboard KSRTC bus loses silver ingot, cash worth Rs 18.39 lakh

Udupi: A passenger travelling from Bengaluru to Kundapur has reportedly lost silver ingots and cash worth Rs 18.39 lakh in a theft that occurred onboard a KSRTC Volvo bus.

In a complaint, N Krishnamurthy Shet, a resident of Hanglur, Kundapur said that the incident had taken place while he was travelling from Majestic Bus Stand, Bengaluru to Kundapur.

On November 9, Krishnamurthy and his wife purchased two packets of silver ingots weighing 10 kg each from a store in Bengaluru. They boarded the bus at 9:55 pm.

Krishnamurthy had placed one 10 kg packet of silver under his seat and kept the other 10 kg packet along with Rs 3 lakh in cash inside a bag, which he placed in the overhead luggage compartment above his seat.

When the bus reached Kundapur the next morning, he noticed that the bag’s zipper was opened. On checking, he found that one 10 kg silver packet and Rs 3 lakh in cash were missing.

The stolen—10 kg of silver worth Rs 15.39 lakh and Rs 3 lakh in cash, are suspected to have been taken somewhere between Bengaluru and Kumbashi (near Kundapur) during the journey.

A case has been registered at the Kundapur Police Station under Section 305 of the BNS.