‘Loyal’ employee caught stealing
A pharmaceutical wholesale distributor took the time-tested CCTV route to identify the insider who had stolen drugs worth around ` 20 lakh from his godown and sold them to chemists across the city at heavily discounted prices.
Bhandari runs Chamarajpet based Mahaveer Sales Corpo-ration and has ` 5 crore monthly turnover. He employs some salesmen and store-keepers. A few months ago, he found discrepancies in the stock. He complained to the Chamarajpet police who suggested fixing CCTV cameras on his premises. Bhandari followed the advice. When he checked the recordings on April 15, he realised who the culprit was. He was surprised because he had praised the youth, Nagaraj, and promoted him due to his hard work.
Bhandari summoned the 19-year-old and questioned him. The youth admitted to wrong-doing. Before Bhandari was about to hand him over to the police, Nagaraj sought permission to use the washroom. Once out of Bhandari’s sight, he fled. Bhandari informed the police who caught up with Nagaraj in his hometown, Kunigal.
When questioned by the police, Nagaraj revealed the names of his accomplices and their modus operandi. He has been inBangalore
Seven months ago, one of the jobless youths, Jaleel, suggested that Nagaraj could make a lot of money stealing some drugs from the storehouse where even small boxes contained medicines worth anywhere between ` 50,000 to ` 1 lakh. Jaleel offered to resell the drugs. Nagaraj fell for the plan and started stealing from the storehouse. Jaleel and some others sold the drugs and shared the amount with Nagaraj.
Bhandari said, “I wanted to catch the thief. On the advice of the police, I put 10 CCTV cameras to monitor the goings-on in the storehouse. The cameras helped me catch the thief within a fortnight.”
Inspector B G Ratnakar of Chamarajapet police station said, “We advised the shop-owner to fix CCTV cameras because we suspected an insider. We picked up Nagaraj in Kunigal. We have recovered medicines worth ` 5 lakh from him.”
Bhandari runs Chamarajpet based Mahaveer Sales Corpo-ration and has ` 5 crore monthly turnover. He employs some salesmen and store-keepers. A few months ago, he found discrepancies in the stock. He complained to the Chamarajpet police who suggested fixing CCTV cameras on his premises. Bhandari followed the advice. When he checked the recordings on April 15, he realised who the culprit was. He was surprised because he had praised the youth, Nagaraj, and promoted him due to his hard work.
Bhandari summoned the 19-year-old and questioned him. The youth admitted to wrong-doing. Before Bhandari was about to hand him over to the police, Nagaraj sought permission to use the washroom. Once out of Bhandari’s sight, he fled. Bhandari informed the police who caught up with Nagaraj in his hometown, Kunigal.
When questioned by the police, Nagaraj revealed the names of his accomplices and their modus operandi. He has been in
Seven months ago, one of the jobless youths, Jaleel, suggested that Nagaraj could make a lot of money stealing some drugs from the storehouse where even small boxes contained medicines worth anywhere between ` 50,000 to ` 1 lakh. Jaleel offered to resell the drugs. Nagaraj fell for the plan and started stealing from the storehouse. Jaleel and some others sold the drugs and shared the amount with Nagaraj.
Bhandari said, “I wanted to catch the thief. On the advice of the police, I put 10 CCTV cameras to monitor the goings-on in the storehouse. The cameras helped me catch the thief within a fortnight.”
Inspector B G Ratnakar of Chamarajapet police station said, “We advised the shop-owner to fix CCTV cameras because we suspected an insider. We picked up Nagaraj in Kunigal. We have recovered medicines worth ` 5 lakh from him.”
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