New Delhi: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly stealing cartons of clothes worth Rs 80 lakh from a godown in southeast Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur area.
On June 3, a complaint was received from one Nitin Kumar alleging that goods worth Rs 80 lakh had been stolen from his godown, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Romil Baaniya said.
During investigation, the registration number of the truck in which the accused had taken the goods was identified.
The truck was hired from a company in Mori Gate, the officer said.
The details of the accused were obtained from the company and the three accused, Upender Yadav (22), Sandeep Saha (26) and Anil Saha (22), were arrested from Motihari in Bihar on June 9, Baaniya said.
The accused were planning to take the goods to Nepal from Bihar but before they could do so, they were nabbed and all the 282 cartons of clothes were recovered from them, police said.
—PTI