Five youths, including a woman, duped a large e-commerce company and its delivery staff by taking out a new cell phone from the parcel box and replacing it with soap.
Mehndi Allure (32), a resident of Hadapsar, has lodged an FIR. FIR In this regard, the police at Lashkar police station said that Allure works as a delivery boy and is delivering parcels for major e-commerce companies.
The accused persons called Alure to Pune camp area on June 25 to get a new cell phone, which they had booked online. But he reportedly got into a fight with Allure claiming there was some technical problem with the cell phone.
Meanwhile, the accused youths allegedly played the role of a trickster and returned it to Allure by placing soap in the cell phone box. They snatched the cell phone worth Rs 43,019.
After some time, Allure found that the cell phone was missing from the box and replaced it with soap. The police have booked the accused persons under sections 420, 34 of IPC for allegedly cheating the complainant, Allure and the company. Assistant Police Inspector Harish Shilimkar is investigating the matter.