Overview
- The theft occurred between September 25 and 26 at a plastics firm’s Savroli, Talasari warehouse, targeting motor pumps and cables worth Rs 27 lakh used in PVC production.
- Police registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita following a complaint by the company’s manager.
- An initial probe points to the day-duty watchman, identified in one account as Jotin Omkar Singh of Vapi, who allegedly left the facility unguarded after breaking the shutter.
- Officers tracked the stolen goods to Andheri East and arrested two suspects on September 29, seizing the full consignment along with a vehicle.
- In an unrelated Thane house-theft case, police arrested two people after extensive CCTV review and recovered items valued at about Rs 8 lakh.