Delhi Police on Sunday arrested an imposter later identified as Gaurav, acting as Amazon delivery boy collecting returned articles from people and selling them at Gaffar Market.
A team under the supervision of SHO Dwarka south was constituted after a complaint was received from Ambika Saraf, an authorised representive of Amazon branch, Nehru Place.
The police contacted one Gaganpreet Singh who received a mobile call from Gaurav impersonating himself as a delivery boy to collect the returned camera. The genuine delivery boy Jasvinder Singh from Amazon also came to collect the same. The imposter was then apprehended.
According to the police, the accused has previously been involved in similar cases.
On Friday, he cheated another customer Sanjay Kumar Bansal of a mobile phone worth Rs 36,000.
On further investigation it was revealed that he worked as a delivery boy from 2015 to February 2018 in Amazon branch at laurence road where one Raju Singh was his store manager. Raju Singh provided the accused information of customers who returned items back to Amazon.
He would then collect these items before the actual delivery person arrived, police said.
A case under Section 419 and Section 420 of Indian Penal Code has been registered and efforts are being made to recover stolen mobiles and laptops.