01 January,2020 05:18 PM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
The CCTV footage of the crime. Picture/ Diwakar Sharma
A theft has been reported from a smartphone worth Rs. 29,000 from a shop in the posh Lokhandwala market in Andheri West on Sunday evening.
Bhavesh Gami, working as a shopkeeper, told mid-day that all the staff members at the shop were busy in attending customers and representatives of a mobile company. "The man entered the shop at 3:55 pm and picked up the cell phone kept in the display. My staff members mistook him as one of the representatives of a mobile phone company who were visiting my shop at that time," Gami said.
Gami went to say that the man, who pretended to be a customer, discreetly left the shop with the smartphone in his hand. He was seen crossing the road and walking ahead in the CCTV footage. He was wearing a blue and red T-shirt," added Gami, who approached Oshiwara police station where the theft case has been registered.
A police officer has said that they are tracking the handset with the help of its IMEI number. "The moment the thief inserts SIM card, he will be tracked," he added.
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