Three arrested for stealing 1558 pair of Nike shoes in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Rural district police have arrested three individuals for their involvement in the theft of 1,558 pairs of Nike shoes valued at Rs 1.10 crore.
The accused, identified as Shuban Pasha (30), Mansar Ali (26), and Shahidul Rehman (26), all hailing from Assam, were arrested on Tuesday. The mastermind, Saleh Ahmed Laskar, is currently on the run.
The incident occurred on December 21 of the last year when Laskar, working as a driver, was entrusted with transporting the Nike shoes from the showroom in Attibele to Myntra's warehouse on Soukya Road. However, Laskar deviated from the assigned route and did not reach the Myntra warehouse on time.
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Upon realizing the delay, Laskar's supervisor, Manjunath, attempted to contact him, but Laskar's phone was found switched off. The shoes, valued at over a crore, went missing from the abandoned vehicle, prompting Manjunath to report the incident to the police.
After reviewing CCTV footage, the police discovered that the stolen shoes had been unloaded from the vehicle and transferred to another location. Through the registration numbers of the vehicles involved, the police managed to intercept the transportation of the stolen goods.
The police believe it was a meticulously planned operation, highlighting Laskar's previous involvement in the theft of branded clothes. Laskar, who had joined just a week before the incident, was previously arrested for similar offenses.
During interrogation, the accused confessed to the police that their intention was to transport and sell the stolen shoes at half price in another metropolitan city.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
