Couriers booked for stealing shipment

Aggrieved citizen kept visiting the offices of the courier company for three years yet couldn't retrieve his shipment

DIJKOT:

Madina Town Police registered a case against four courier company employees, including the General Manager and Operations Manager, on charges of stealing a customer’s items and searching for them.

The aggrieved citizen kept visiting the offices of the courier company for three years but did not receive the goods, upon which he registered a case with police.

In the case filed by Muhammad Zaheen Ejaz, on April 21st 2021, he dispatched 500 bedsheets worth Rs250,000 to his customer in via the courier company, which was located in W Block Madina Town. However, the bedsheets were not delivered to the intended recipient, upon which Ejaz contacted the accused Operation Manager Waseem and General Manager Mukhtar.

They told the complainant to wait for several days and said that he would get his goods back.

Even though three years passed, the complainant kept visiting the courier company’s office and did not receive the bedsheets. It came to light that four employees stole the items.

After the allegations were proved in the inquiry, police registered a case against the company employees under the provisions of 406 PPC and started searching for them.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 10^th, 2024.