Punjab National Bank, Pudukkottai Branch, has filed a petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a CBI probe into the case pertaining to more than 13kg gold jewel valued at ₹4.80 crore missing from the bank in 2019.
Justice K. Murali Shankar ordered notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the bank and adjourned the case till September 12. The bank sought a direction to the Centre to engage the CBI to conduct the probe and file the final report in the case.
Punjab National Bank’s Pudukkottai Branch, Senior Manager J. Kingston said an employee S. Marimuthu who was working as an Office Assistant was a suspect in the case and he had allegedly looted the pledged jewels.
