Vadodara: Thief cuts open vault, but cutter slits his throat too

VADODARA: In a bizarre incident, a burglar died in a private bank on Saturday midnight on Harni Road as his throat was accidentally slit by the same cutter with which he had opened the safety vault.
The unidentified burglar had broken into the Harni Road branch of Bengaluru-headquartered Ujjivan Small Finance Bank located on the ground floor of a commercial complex.Police said that the thief first broke into the bank using his electric cutter and entered inside sometime between 12.45am and 1am. He then cut open the safety vault. But before he could enter and steal, the cutter accidentally got switched on and slashed his throat.

“The area outside the safety vault is very small for even one person to stand. As it was dark, the thief did not realize his movement in that narrow space and pulled the wire which turned on the cutter and slit his throat,” said inspector SS Anand of Warasia police station.

Meanwhile, the bank’s vigilance department based in Chennai noticed the burglar’s movement inside the bank through CCTV cameras and alerted the branch manager Prashant Sharma. But when Sharma opened the branch and checked, he found the burglar lying dead in a pool of blood.
Sharma then called Warasia police station and a patrolling van nearby reached the bank and confirmed that the burglar was dead. Police officials said that they suspect that the burglar was alone and there was no other person along with him.
“We have found some documents from him, but his identity can be verified once his family members come and see the body,” Anand added.
A case of accidental death was registered regarding the thief’s death and an offence of burglary attempt was also registered against him.
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