Overview
- Ernakulam Rural Cybercrime Police registered an FIR after Flipkart reported roughly 331 high-end phones missing between August and October 2025.
- The four in-charges of Instakart-operated hubs were named as accused: Siddique K. Aliyar (Kanjoor), Jassim Dileep (Kuruppampady), P. A. Harris (Mekkad), and Mahin Noushad (Muvattupuzha).
- According to the FIR, orders were placed using multiple phone numbers and fake addresses, and the devices were later falsely reported as missing upon reaching the hubs.
- The alleged loss totals about ₹1.61 crore, detailed as 38 phones ₹18.14 lakh (Kanjoor), 87 ₹40.97 lakh (Kuruppampady), 101 ₹48.66 lakh (Mekkad), and 106 ₹53.41 lakh (Muvattupuzha).
- Police cited BNS provisions on criminal breach of trust, cheating and impersonation along with IT Act Section 66(D), and say interrogations and further evidence collection are underway.