PUNE: A man crawled into the cashier room of a nationalized bank in Sadashiv Peth on Saturday morning and made away with Rs 3.20 lakh as the cashier was busy attending to customers.

The incident came to light when the employees were checking accounts at the end of the day were being checked in the evening by the staff once the bank had closed. CCTV footage showed a man entering the room and stealing the money. The manager of the bank, Pradip Gube (32) immediately approached the police and has lodged a complaint with the Vishrambaug police station.

Sub-inspector L R Khade told TOI that the incident took place around 11.30am on Saturday. "The cashier room of the bank is located in a separate cabin. To reach there, one needs to open the cabin door, and later the cashier room door ," Khade said.

The CCTV footage showed the suspect crawling into the cabin and then going all the way to the cashier room. "The suspect opened the cash box kept behind the cashier, put the money in his cloth bag and move out of the room the way he entered," Khade said.

Police have started investigations. "We are yet to get the CCTV footage from the bank. We are expecting to get it on Monday," said Khade.

