Delivery firm employee arrested for stealing mobile phones

CHENNAI The Guindy police have arrested a 21-year-old employee of a private online delivery company for allegedly stealing two mobile phones from the firm’s returned goods inventory. Police said the complainant, Bhagavathi Murugan, 40, a resident of Guindy, works as a manager in the security and loss prevention department of a private online delivery company in the Guindy Industrial Estate.

According to the complaint, Prathumna Krishna, an employee of the company, was responsible for inspecting goods returned by customers when deliveries could not be completed and processing them for return as per the prescribed procedures. When Bhagavathi Murugan recently checked the returned consignments, he found that two mobile phones received back on October 21 and 28, were missing.

An internal check revealed that Krishna had allegedly stolen the phones. The police registered a case and examined CCTV footage and conducted inquiries at the company before arresting Prathumna Krishna, 21, a resident of Subramania Swamy Koil West Street, West Saidapet.