Pune: The North Mahalunge MIDC police on Tuesday arrested an IT analyst of a multinational food packaging firm in Chakan MIDC for stealing 23 laptops worth Rs 8 lakh from the company in the last two years.The company’s area manager lodged a complaint with the police on Monday. Police sub-inspector Jitendrasinh Pardeshi said the company officials recently discovered that a laptop was missing from their storeroom. “They checked the CCTV footage and found that the accused was carrying a laptop bag while leaving the storeroom,” Pardeshi said.He said when the officials checked more footage, they noticed multiple entries by the accused in the storeroom. On those occasions, he was carrying laptop bags. “When they questioned him, the accused admitted stealing 23 laptops in the last two years,” he said.Pardeshi said the accused was arrested under Section 306 (theft by clerk) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). “Our investigations are on,” Pardeshi said.
