Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police have arrested Murugesh M, a 29-year-old system administrator, for allegedly stealing 50 laptops from his employer, Technicolor India Pvt Ltd, and selling them at reduced prices. Murugesh, a resident of Hosur, Tamil Nadu, had been employed with the company’s Whitefield office since February.

The theft came to light during a company audit, which revealed several laptops missing from inventory. An internal investigation, aided by CCTV footage, identified Murugesh as the culprit. He had been removing one or two laptops at a time, selling them to a shop in Hosur under the pretense that he was authorized to do so.

Murugesh reportedly incurred a loss of Rs 25 lakh during the COVID crisis due to unsuccessful tomato farming and an unprofitable cyber cafe venture in Hosur. To cover his debts, he resorted to theft. He ceased attending work on August 22, and the company filed a police report on August 30. Murugesh was arrested from a cinema in Hosur after a day-long surveillance by the police.

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New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the BJP's victory in Bengal and Assam assembly polls a "theft" of the mandate, and a big step forward in the saffron party's mission to "destroy" Indian democracy.

Gandhi also came out in support of the TMC, which has been trounced by the BJP in the polls, and urged those gloating over the loss of Mamata Banerjee's party to put petty politics aside.

"Some in the Congress, and others, are gloating about TMC's loss.They need to understand this clearly - the theft of Assam and Bengal's mandate is a big step forward by the BJP in its mission to destroy Indian democracy," Gandhi said in a post on X.

"Put petty politics aside. This is not about one party or another. This is about India," he said in his post.

The BJP ousted Trinamool Congress from power in Bengal and captured power for the third time in a row in Assam in results of assembly polls declared on Monday.