Rs15 lakh belonging to online shopping giant Amazon were allegedly looted here from a courier handler. However, the city police said on Thursday that they found contradictions in the courier handler’s account of the heist, and suspect foul play.
Sumit Singh, a courier handler of Radiant Private Service Solutions, was assigned to deliver Amazon’s cash in Shipra Sun city area in Indirapuram.
After taking Rs15 lakh at 7.35 pm on Wednesday from the office of Amazon, he called the police at 7:36 pm and said that as he stepped out of the Amazon office and turned to Diamond flyover two persons in a car snatched the bag containing cash and sped away.
However, the police has found contradictions in the statement.
During the loot, one of their accomplices remained seated on the driver’s seat of the car, he said.
“On his complaint, the FIR has been registered under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code. Investigation is being conducted,” said Superintendent of Police (City) Salman Taj Patil.
“During investigation and recording of statement, we have found several contradictions in Sumit’s account of the incident. FIR was submitted late and phones are being checked to connect the chain of events,” Patil added.