Udupi: A passenger travelling from Bengaluru to Kundapur allegedly lost silver ingots and cash worth Rs 18.4 lakh in a theft that occurred onboard a KSRTC Volvo bus. According to the complaint filed by N Krishnamurthy Shet,54, and a resident of Hanglur, Kundapur, the incident took place during the night journey from Majestic bus stand, Bengaluru, to Kundapur.On Nov 9, Krishnamurthy and his wife purchased two packets of silver ingots weighing 10 kg each from a store in Bengaluru. They boarded the KSRTC Volvo bus at 9.55pm. Krishnamurthy 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 stored in the overhead luggage compartment above his seat.Around 10.30pm, his wife moved to an empty seat in the front. When the bus reached Kundapur the next morning at 7.10 am, Krishnamurthy 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 items, 10 kg of silver worth Rs 15.4 lakh and Rs 3 lakh in cash, are suspected to have been stolen somewhere between Bengaluru and Kumbashi (near Kundapur) during the night. A case was registered at the Kundapur police station under Section 305 of the BNS.
