iPhones worth Rs 12 crore stolen from truck in MP, Police display carelessness

Almost 1,600 iPhones Worth Rs 12 Crore Stolen from a truck traveling from Hyderabad to North India. According to authorities, the crime occurred in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. Teams have been assembled to apprehend a security guard who is allegedly one of the accused. On August 15, the day of the heist, the crime was reported to the police. However, because of what is purported to be official carelessness, a case was not filed for another fifteen days. A senior police official’s involvement led to the matter being taken up.

“We received info that 1,600 iPhones worth Rs 12 crore getting looted…The guard is said to be the accused…Teams have been formed and we are investigating the matter,” Pramod Verma, Inspector-General of Police of Sagar Zone, said. The security guard overpowered the driver with the help of his associates and carried out the loot. “The miscreants tied the hands and legs of the driver and looted the consignment of Apple phones worth Rs 12 crore which were loaded in the truck,” a police official said.

“According to the information received, on August 14, a container UP 14 PT 0103 carrying iPhones had left from Hyderabad for North India. A security guard was also present along with the container driver. Another security guard was also to board the container mid-way. Near Lakhnadon (a town in Madhya Pradesh), the security guard in the container stopped the container to drink tea. The security guard introduced a person already present there as his colleague who was part of the security team. After this the truck driver left with both the security guards.

“At night, the driver parked the container on the roadside to catch some sleep. The next day, i.e. on 15th August, when the container driver woke up, he found his hands, legs and mouth were tied. Somehow the driver freed his hands and legs and when he looked back at the truck, its gate was open and the mobile phones were missing,” the police official said.

The source claimed that although the container driver reported the event to the Bandari police station right away, the police chose not to file a report on it.

When Pramod Verma, the Inspector-General of Police for the Sagar Zone, learned of the crime a few days later, he personally intervened and had the case filed at the local police station. He told the SHO what to do about the careless police officers.

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