Surat: Buyers eagerly awaiting parcels of ready-made garments and dress materials were left with a twist their thumbs when nearly 2,800 consignments vanished in transit. What appeared at first to be a logistics lapse was a calculated theft, committed by the delivery man himself. Jauesh Chauhan, a courier staffer with a leading logistics company, was arrested after allegedly stole 2,784 parcels valued at Rs 31.80 lakh.
Instead of using the company’s vehicle to transport the parcels to the central warehouse, Chauhan hired a private loading vehicle and diverted the goods to an undisclosed location. According to Ashish Chaudhary, the company’s legal security manager, Chauhan was based at the Khatodara pickup centre in Surat, one of three operated by the firm. On Paril 7, Chauhan began his day as usual, visiting markets like Shyam Sangini with an electronic device to log parcel pickups. He collected the consignments and returned to the Khatodara office, where he was expected to dispatch them to the company’s central warehouse in Kacholi village near the Bhatiya check post.
The parcels didn’t arrive in the warehouse, so the company contacted Chauhan, but he did not respond. Then, they have checked the CCTV camera recording that Chauhan has loaded the parcels on the vehicle and drive off. After some failed attempts to reach him. Company have complained in police. Then investigation was started by Saroli Police for Chauhan arrest.
Saroli Police inspector SR Vekariya have said that they have arrested Chauhan and recovered most of the parcels. The courier company confirmed that the stolen parcels contained high-value including readymade garments, saris, and dress materials and some of them are mainly from the e-commerce platforms.
