Woman held for stealing cash from a financial institution

editedTrichy: A 42-year-old woman was arrested for stealing cash of Rs 74,000 from a private financial institution in Edamalaipattipudhur in Trichy on Monday.The accused was identified as R Selvi, of Edamalaipattipudhur in the city. The police arrested her based on the complaint and CCTV footage from A Sudha, 35 of Kallukuzhi, who was working as a cashier at IDFC First Bharat limited at Ramachandrapuram near the city.Sudha lodged a complaint on Monday stating that she was at work in the office on November 10. She was sitting on the floor and segregating the collection amount for the past two days. She kept the cash of Rs 74,000 in Rs 2,000 denomination in the cash drawer of her table and did not lock it and went for lunch. On her return, she found the cash missing. Sudha informed her branch operation manager Sivakala and sifted through the CCTV footage in the area. The footage showed a woman taking away the cash. They identified the woman as Selvi. Sudha then lodged a complaint with the police. The Edamalaipattipudhur arrested her and recovered Rs 55,500 from her.