Ashoka Garden police have nabbed a 20-year-old Uber taxi driver who had stolen a bag carrying valuables worth Rs 3.5 lakh including Rs 1.9 lakh cash at Wardhaman Green Park colony under Ashoka Garden police station area on Wednesday.
The accused driver identified as Dipanshu Patel of Narsinghpur was nabbed who stole bag carrying valuables worth Rs 3.5 lakh. The victim Nitish Kumar lodged a complaint with police regarding stealing of a bag from a taxi.
According to the police, victim’s marriage was scheduled at a marriage garden in Bairagarh on January 22. After the marriage victim’s mother and few other women were on their way home in a taxi bearing registration number MP04CA7028. The women reached home at Wardhman Green Park and later Nitish’s mother found that she was carrying bag with valuables which was left in the taxi. Nitish was informed regarding the missing bag and on receiving the information he contacted the car driver but the accused denied to have found any bag in the car after which the victim approached the police and lodged a complaint. In his complaint victim stated that his mother was carrying bag having valuables which she left in the car while leaving the car. The cash and jewelry were kept in the bag which was left in the car. The victim claimed that Rs 1.9 lakh cash and gold jewelry worth Rs 1.6 lakh were in the bag which was stolen.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 379 of the IPC and nabbed the accused. Police said that driver would be contacted in the further investigation.