Mumbai: Three staffers held for duping Flipkart by replacing electronics with bricks

Police with the recovered stolen items

The Koparkhairane police have unearthed a racket in which Flipkart's employees have been caught cheating the company, replacing electronic items and other valuables meant for delivery, with soap and other items. The police have arrested an offload team leader and two others. Nineteen mobile phones, tabs, watches, and cameras worth R8.24 lakh were recovered from the accused.

The incident came to light when the police received a tip-off that an employee with Flipkart was running a racket, wherein he was placing orders mentioning incorrect addresses, and exchanging goods from the parcel with soap and other items, before returning them to the vendors. Meanwhile, the online portal was also receiving repeated complaints from customers about finding bricks and soaps in their parcel.

Following investigations, the police arrested Wajid Shakeel Momin, and the offload team leader in Mahape. During interrogation, he confessed to exchanging electronic items from packages. Momin also revealed that two of his associates, Sanghpal More, 29, and Jayant Ugle, 27, were involved in the racket. "We suspect they must have sold some of the items in the market. Efforts are also being made to find out if there is anyone else involved in the crime," said Suresh Mengde, DCP, Zone 1.