Cyber crime police have nabbed two miscreants and recovered mobile phones worth Rs 2 lakh from their possession on Thursday near Manohar Dairy in MP Nagar. The accused confessed that the mobile phones were stolen from Courier Company at MP Nagar area.
The two were nabbed when they were trying to flee from the city and were at parking space near Manohar Dairy. Acting on a tip off, the police detained the two persons carrying mobile phones in two different polythene bags and when they were questioned regarding the details, they failed to provide any legal documents of the mobile phones and later confessed that the mobile phones have been stolen from courier office at Vijay Stambha in MP Nagar.
A total of 12 mobiles of Oppo and Vivo Company worth Rs 2 lakh were recovered from their possession.
The nabbed accused persons were identified as Balram Kushwaha (34) and Rakesh Yadav (33) of Jehangirabad.
The accused confessed that they work with courier and used to load and unload parcels of the courier and when they came to know regarding the parcel with mobile phones.
During the investigation accused told the police that during the loading unloading work they used to steal goods from the parcels which were loosely packed and would later pack the parcel in proper manner to hide the stealing.
The action was taken after a complaint was lodged by owner of courier company Nilesh Shukraiya with the MP Nagar regarding the missing of mobile phones during transit and raised suspicion that employees were involved.