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shocking incident took place in Chennai when Ritesh of TR Computers
was picked by authorities for interrogation regarding the airport
cargo theft case. The city police arrested 4 former AAI workers for
stealing 341 laptops from a shipment.
to sources, Venkateshwaran, operating manager, HP (India) had
registered a complaint stating that out of the 640 laptops, that were
shipped from China, 341 were missing at the time of delivery.
Sudharshan Cargo Pvt Ltd were appointed to transport the shipment
from the airport to HP's office. When asked about the missing
shipment, the company feigned ignorance.
police got a clue when a customer tried registering a missing laptop
with HP online. Acting on the complaint, the Chennai sub-urban police
arrested R Janakiraman (30) and M Ezhil (31), who were contract
laborers at AAI cargo. Premkumar aka Appu and Chelladurai (52), both
former employees at the airport cargo have also been arrested. The
accused had tried to sell the laptops to local dealers stating that
they bought them in an auction.
on the tip off the police issued search warrants for 3 dealers in
Chennai and 3 in Bengaluru, as a result of which only 5 laptops could
be recovered
On further
questioning the accused, the police recovered 45 stolen laptops from
TR computers. Apart from this, they also recovered Rs 46 lakh
hidden in one of the accused's house.
prominent dealer in the city on condition of anonymity said, “We
knew about TR's dealings much earlier. Credit, under cutting and over
trading was rampant when the shop opened. Nobody wanted to take
action against this since it would create problems with their own
business. At least now we are happy that lawful trade and ethical
business practice will exist.”
market is abuzz with rumors about the involvement of 4-5 top dealers
in the city, while dealers are already facing low sales due to
freebies announced by political parties.