Youth arrested for stealing embroidery equipment worth Rs 1.75 lakh

Sharma had migrated to the city from Gorakhpur three years ago and was working as an embroidery designer,police said.

Each motherboard costs around Rs 1.5 lakh. Police said Sharma used to learn about the security system of the unit while working there and later break into it and stole the motherboard and die blocks.

“Since Sharma had worked with the embroidery designing units,he knew that the motherboard contained the die block of the design,” said a police officer from Kasturba Marg police station.

The complaint against Sharma was lodged by the owner of Bappa Sitaram Embroidery unit on Carter Road in Borivali (East) on Monday.

“We have arrested Sharma for theft and will produce him in court on Thursday. We have recovered a motherboard and a die block from him worth Rs 1.75 lakh,” said Rajedra Thakur,senior police inspector of Kasturba Marg police station.