Alzheimer Patient Gets Trapped Inside Bank's Locker For 18 Hrs Due To Staff's Negligence

Hyderabad: In a traumatic incident, an 89 year old man was forced to spend a night in a locker room of a bank due to the negligence of the bank staff and the man had to spend a total of 18 hours in the bank after the staff locked the premises and left subsequently.

The tragic incident unfolded in Union Bank of India's branch in the posh locality of Jubilee hills and it came to the fore on March 29 after the man was traced and then rescued by the police.

The incident unraveled when V. Krishna Reddy, a resident of Jubilee Hills road number 67 had gone to the bank regarding some work at around 4:20 pm on March 26 and had opened his bank locker.

The bank staff locked the bank premises when the man was still inside the locker room, thereby leaving him trapped inside.

His family members got worried and began looking for him when Krishna did not return home till late in the evening. The family members then approached the police after failing to trace him.

The police checked the CCTV footage of Jubilee Hills check post area after which they traced him to the bank. The police found the elderly woman, a diabetic, in the locker room. 

It is to be noted that Krishna Reddy is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and he has been shifted to a hospital.

"We have successfully traced him at Union Bank of India, Jubilee Hills check post. Yesterday evening he was confined accidentally in Lockers room of Union Bank. After verifying the CCTV cameras the Jubilee Hills Police successfully rescued him and shifted to near by hospital," Jubilee Hills inspector Rajashekhar Reddy tweeted in response to the messages seeking help to trace Krishna Reddy.

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