The Delhi Police have arrested an employee of Amazon who allegedly used to steal mobile phones from the company's warehouse located in Okhla, New Delhi.
“The accused, identified as Rahul Kumar Choubey, 22, had joined Amazon in June this year through a manpower supply company and worked as Station Support Associate for the firm. Police received a complaint on Thursday night that on August 24 and 29, three smartphones returned by customers were stolen from the company's warehouse,” said Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South east district.
“Acting on the complaint police team scanned through the CCTV footage of the warehouse in which Choubey was seen stealing mobile phones. Subsequently, a raid was conducted at the residence of the accused in Badarpur, following which he was arrested.A stolen phone was recovered from his possession, said the DCP.
“During interrogation the accused revealed that he used to bifurcate the articles which were returned in the warehouse. Since last two months, he was minutely observing working process in the warehouse. In order to earn easy money, he decided to steal mobile phones from the warehouse,” said the DCP.