Assistant sub-inspector Muthurayappa and head constable Nagaraj walked out of the bag after signing out at the end of their shift. The bag contained Rs 50,000 in cash, a camera and other valuables. The theft emerged when the guest found the bag missing while leaving for the airport and complained to the hotel management. The hotel staff zeroed in on the policemen after reviewing the CCTV footage.
The hotel management raised the matter with the jurisdictional police who summoned the policemen and recovered the bag. The duo, in their statement to the police, said they had accidentally taken the bag. Though the policemen were let off, guests at the hotel brought the matter to the notice of senior police officers. The matter also came to the notice of Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar. Taking a serious notice of it, he has ordered the jurisdictional DCP to probe the matter and submit a report.