Pune: The Mahalunge MIDC police have launched a manhunt for a container truck driver who allegedly stole goods worth Rs 49 lakh from a consignment of an e-commerce firm between March 12 and 14.The driver was working with a transport operator from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.“The driver was assigned to transport a consignment worth Rs 1.53 crore from Bengaluru to Ambethan in the Pune. During the journey, however, he allegedly stole items including cellphones, headphones, garments, etc. worth Rs 49 lakh and abandoned the truck near Satara,” Kalyan Ghadge, assistant inspector of the Mahalunge MIDC police, told TOI.The transport operator stated in his complaint that the driver was assigned to pick up the consignment from its godown in Bengaluru and deliver it to Ambethan.According to the complainant, the police officer said the driver left Bengaluru on March 12. The complainant, however, was unable to contact the driver after the latter reached Satara.The officer said that with the help of GPS, the transport operator tracked the truck near Satara. When his employees reached where the truck was found on March 14, they saw that the container’s seal was broken and some boxes were missing.“After reaching Ambethan, it was revealed that the driver had stolen items worth Rs 49 lakh,” Ghadge said.He said that the driver has been booked under Section 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the IPC. “Our investigations are underway,” he said.
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