3 arrested for stealing branded footwears from a godown

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Three people were arrested by the Attibele police for allegedly stealing more than 1,500 pairs of branded footwear worth lakhs from a godown in Shettihalli of Anekal Taluk.

The police identified the accused persons as Subhan Pasha, 30, Mansur Ali, 26, and Shahidul Rehman, 26, all natives of Assam.

The police are on the lookout for four more people involved in the theft.

According to the police, the accused had taken up a job as lab ourers at a godown belonging to a popular footwear brand and allegedly stole shoes and garments after working for about a week or two.

One of the absconding accused, Saleh Ahmed, also had joined work at a godown belonging to Nike near Shettihalli in Anekal.

He allegedly hijacked a truck loaded with shoes meant to be transported to the Myntra godown on Soukya Road in Anugondanahalli and offloaded the consignment at a room at Razak Palya in Bengaluru.

He took money for the stolen goods and abandoned the Eicher truck at Tarabanahalli in Chikkajala before fleeing, the police said.

After the GPS location of the truck was tracked to Chikkajala, a complaint was lodged with the police who arrested three people and recovered most of the stolen pairs of footwear.

Bengaluru Rural SP Mallikarjun Baladandi said, "A special team was formed to crack the case. The main accused and the driver are missing and we will arrest them soon," he said.