KANPUR: In a major relief, the Central Bank of India on Monday released a compensation of Rs 2.64 crore to the 11 victims of the locker theft incident of Mall road Karachi Khana branch of Kanpur.
To recall, the Director General of Institutional Finance of the state government had held a meeting with the aggrieved locker holders of the Central Bank of India Karachikhana branch and the bank officials on April 20. After which the state government had directed the bank to give immediate compensation to the locker holders of Karachi Khana branch. Rajiv Puri, the executive director,of the central office of Central Bank of India in Mumbai, on Monday reached the Central Bank of India office at Hazratganj, Lucknow on Monday and met the officials of the state government.