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Bandra Police Book Four Max Packers Staff Over ₹16.15 Lakh Jewellery Theft During Move

An FIR names the employees under BNS provisions after a Bandra resident reported valuables missing weeks after an August 9 relocation.

Overview

  • The complainant, Manasi Kulkarni, a 46-year-old yoga teacher, hired Kandivali East-based Max Packers and Movers for a Bandra-to-Lonavala shift on August 9.
  • The four employees named in the case are Pappu, Pradeep Kumar, Khan and Ajay, who allegedly accessed a locked travel bag containing ornaments and documents.
  • According to the FIR, one worker took a bag of old clothes and alighted at Kalanagar during transit, which the complainant alleges was used to carry the valuables.
  • Kulkarni discovered the travel bag’s lock broken in Lonavala on September 7 and lodged a police complaint on September 15.
  • Police registered the case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 316(2) for criminal breach of trust and 3(5) for acts in furtherance of common intention, and the investigation is underway.