Pune: The Airport police have solved a theft case involving a box of 80 cellphones worth Rs 1 lakhafter the arrest of a courier company driver on February 10. Police have recovered 35 cellphones worth Rs 43,750 from the suspect.
The arrested has been identified as David D'souza (26) of Somwar Peth. His accomplice Sitaram Arenor is yet to be arrested.
The incident came to light after Taranath Pokhrel (29) of Tingrenagar, an official of the Om Logistics Limited, registered a complaint with the Airport police earlier this month. In his complaint, he stated that one box containing 80 cellphones worth Rs 1 lakh had gone missing from the airport on September 9, 2014.
In a statement issued on Monday, senior inspector Sanjay Kurundkar, in-charge of the Airport police station, said Pokhrel had transported 70 boxes containing 5,580 cellphones from Noida to Pune on September 3, 2014. "However, one of the boxes containing 80 phones went missing from the airport after six days," Kurundkar added.
A police team led by sub inspector Rajendra Wagh, Santosh Jagtap and others laid a trap and took D'souza into custody on the basis of technical analysis of missing cellphones around 7pm on February 10 at 509 Chowk on Lohegaon Road.
17/02/15 Times of India
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The arrested has been identified as David D'souza (26) of Somwar Peth. His accomplice Sitaram Arenor is yet to be arrested.
The incident came to light after Taranath Pokhrel (29) of Tingrenagar, an official of the Om Logistics Limited, registered a complaint with the Airport police earlier this month. In his complaint, he stated that one box containing 80 cellphones worth Rs 1 lakh had gone missing from the airport on September 9, 2014.
In a statement issued on Monday, senior inspector Sanjay Kurundkar, in-charge of the Airport police station, said Pokhrel had transported 70 boxes containing 5,580 cellphones from Noida to Pune on September 3, 2014. "However, one of the boxes containing 80 phones went missing from the airport after six days," Kurundkar added.
A police team led by sub inspector Rajendra Wagh, Santosh Jagtap and others laid a trap and took D'souza into custody on the basis of technical analysis of missing cellphones around 7pm on February 10 at 509 Chowk on Lohegaon Road.
17/02/15 Times of India
