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Seven employees of a warehouse operated by an e-commerce institution astatine Okkilipalayam successful Chettipalayam constabulary presumption limits were arrested for reportedly indulging successful systematic theft and substitution of goods.
In his constabulary complaint, enforcement serviceman of the warehouse of Flipkart, Sakthivel (64) of Kuniamuthur connected Friday (November 7, 2025) said 8 employees successful the packing section, including 1 who was absconding, had indulged successful the offence betwixt April 4 and September 17.
During the regular verification process, it came to airy that definite instrumentality parcels received astatine the warehouse — specifically those marked arsenic 7 kg washing pulverization packets — contained costly laptops.
Subsequent CCTV footage investigation revealed that immoderate of the warehouse labourers were progressive successful systematic theft and substitution of goods. The accused had allegedly placed mendacious lawsuit orders for low-value items (washing powder) either by themselves oregon successful the names of known persons, according to the complainant.
Once specified orders reached the warehouse for processing, they clandestinely replaced those low-value items with costly goods similar mobile phones, laptops, watches, and different physics devices from the institution banal earlier dispatching the parcels, thereby misappropriating invaluable items for idiosyncratic gain, the ailment said.
The stolen properties see assorted high-end physics gadgets and accessories — Vivo, Samsung, Nothing and Apple cellphones, ASUS and Lenovo laptops, astute watches, earbuds, headphones, cameras, and speakers valued astatine a small implicit ₹11.5 lakh.
Further probe is successful advancement to hint further stolen property.
Vignesh (25) of Pollachi, Kishorekumar (24) of Ramanathapuram, Sri Sanjay (20) of Podanur, Siranjeevi (26) and Yogesh (26) of Tiruppur, and Ashla (25) and Mohammed Adil of Kozhikode successful Kerala State were arrested. They were remanded successful judicial custody.
The Chettipalayam constabulary registered a lawsuit nether Section 306 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Old Sec.381 IPC), and are connected the lookout for the absconding worker Anjali.
