244 laptops stolen from godown in Wagholi recovered, employee among 3 arrested

An FIR filed astatine the Wagholi constabulary presumption connected October 15 stated 280 laptops of Lenovo, worthy Rs 1.09 crores, were stolen from the godown of Arcline Logistics and Warehousing Private Limited Company.

The institution officials, who lodged the FIR, named a idiosyncratic Suresh Kumar arsenic accused. Police said Kumar was employed astatine the institution 2 months earlier and went missing aft the theft was reported.

Senior constabulary officers, including further committee Manoj Patil, lawman commissioner (zone 4) Himmat Jadhav, adjunct commissioner Pranjali Sonawane and elder constabulary inspector Pandit Rejitwad, visited the transgression country for investigation.

Police checked videos captured by CCTV cameras astatine antithetic spots and besides started gathering accusation astir Kumar. Based connected clues obtained by constabulary havaldar Ajit Farande and constable Amol Dhone, a constabulary squad laid a trap and nabbed Kumar and his 2 aides astatine Walunj MIDC, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, connected October 17.

During investigation, constabulary recovered 244 stolen laptops from 9 people. Police person besides seized 2 pickup vans and 3 compartment phones recovered from the accused.

A tribunal sent the accused to constabulary custody for 3 days for further investigation. Assistant constabulary inspector Yogesh Khatke is investigating the case.

Police said the accused were selling the stolen laptops to immoderate people. Police person detained 4 suspected buyers of stolen laptops for further probe.