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The police on Tuesday arrested a courier service delivery boy who had allegedly fled with 17 parcels of gold ornaments — worth Rs 2.9 crore–which he had collected from various jewellery shops in the Kalbadevi area in South Mumbai.
The suspect, Mehul Garg, 24, an employee at ‘Jai Ambe Courier Service’ in Vile Parle (East), was nabbed from his native place in Udaipur, Rajasthan, and brought to Mumbai on Wednesday, the police said.
According to the police, the complainant, Sahil Kothari, runs the courier firm that exclusively deals with the collection and delivery of gold and diamond jewellery parcels.
As per the procedure, the delivery boys were supposed to share the order details once they picked the parcels from the jewellery shop and the pictures of the parcel boxes on the office WhatsApp group, Kothari stated in the complaint.
According to Kothari, on August 5, Garg had collected several parcels of gold ornaments from South Mumbai and informed Kothari around 7 pm that his bag was full, but his phone battery was very low and that it would get switched off soon. He had told him that he would be coming to the office.
When Garg did not return till 8 pm, Kothari tried contacting him, but found his mobile switched off. This raised Kothari’s suspicions that Garg had intended to steal the parcels as he was aware of their content. Garg had absconded with the gold ornaments worth Rs 2.9 crore instead of delivering to customers, said a police officer.
The complainant then approached the Vile Parle police station, and after verification, a case of breach of trust was registered against Garg on August 7.
Based on technical evidence, the police learnt that he was hiding in Udaipur. The police team visited his village, recovered all the stolen parcels from his house, and arrested him, said a police officer
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