An e-commerce supply govt and his accomplice have been arrested on fees of stealing items that have been marked to be returned to the buying web site from which they have been ordered, police stated, including that the 2 have stolen a number of such articles.
Police stated the supply govt would ship his accomplice to gather items marked for return by customers and as an alternative of sending them again to the agency, they’d steal the articles.
The arrested males have been recognized as supply govt Sachin Kumar, a resident of Ghaziabad, and Vikas, a resident of Amroha. Police stated they started investigations after a case was registered at Bisrakh police station on January 22 by a resident of a high-rise society in Higher Noida West.
“The complainant acknowledged that on January 22, an govt picked up 4 suitcases from him which have been due for return to the e-commerce agency. Nevertheless, the chief didn’t replace the identical on the warehouse of the corporate following which the e-commerce agency alerted the client that for the reason that merchandise has not been returned, a refund request of ₹13,998 has been rejected,” stated Anil Kumar Rajpoot, station home officer, Bisrakh police station.
He added that the complainant hooked up CCTV footage of the 4 suitcases being picked up by an govt.
“Based mostly on his grievance, an FIR below Part 379 (theft) of the Indian Penal Code was registered on the police station and investigations have been taken up,” stated the officer.
Police stated the same grievance was obtained by the police station on January 28.
“In that grievance, a resident of one other high-rise society within the space stated he ordered a telephone from the e-commerce web site and on discovering it broken, he put in a return request on January 19,” stated the officer.
The pickup was scheduled for January 23 and an govt arrived at his doorstep to gather the machine.
“Nevertheless the pickup was not up to date on the e-commerce web site and the client was instructed that for the reason that product has not been obtained, the refund and return request has been cancelled,” stated the SHO.
“Throughout investigation, Sachin Kumar was discovered to be the frequent hyperlink in each the instances. He labored as a supply govt with the e-commerce web site within the Higher Noida West area. He was arrested from Char Murti roundabout on Tuesday morning and police recovered the 4 suitcases and one telephone from his possession. On his instructions, his accomplice Vikas was additionally arrested from Bisrakh village,” stated the SHO.
He added that Kumar used to ship his accomplice to gather the products from the customers to be able to escape being caught by the corporate. The suspects have been produced earlier than the court docket and despatched to judicial custody on Tuesday.
