The Sahar police arrested four employees of Khambata company, situated near the airport, for stealing diamond polishing powder worth Rs 2.50 crore.
The Sahar police arrested four employees of Khambata company, situated near the airport, for stealing diamond polishing powder worth Rs 2.50 crore. The police, however, said it has recovered powder worth only Rs 4.5 lakh.
The accused said in their statements that the company had not paid them their salaries for the last four months and so they planned to steal the powder that was to be exported to Korea.
According to the police, the accused have been stolen 50 kilograms of the polishing powder worth Rs 2.50 crore. The market value of the 100 gram of the powder is Rs 50,000. The arrested accused have been identified as Kailas Mali (30), Amit Patil (29), Vishnu Prajapati (36), and Parshuram Gunjware (38).
A police official said, “The Khambata company was scheduled to export 150 kg of the diamond polishing powder to Korea. At that point of time, the four accused took away four bags of the powder weighing 50 kilograms.” The official further added, “After two weeks the Korean Company called up a senior officer from Khambata and informed them about the 50 kilograms of powder that was missing. Accordingly, the company officials registered a complaint at Sahar police station.” On Sunday, the police received CCTV footage showing the four accused stealing the powder from the despatch room, claimed the police.
A police official said on the condition of anonymity, “We arrested the four accused on Monday morning. During interrogation they revealed that they had not received their salaries for the last four months due to some financial issues that company was facing. The accused belong to poor families and it became hard for them to manage expenses without being paid for their work and so they planned steal from the company.”
The accused did not realise that they would be caught. They were planning to flee from the city but were caught before they could execute their plans, said the police.
