KRISHNAGIRI: A gang hijacked a field truck -- sporting Redmi cell telephones really well worth Rs 15 crore – from close to Krishagiri in Tamil Nadu withinside the early hours of Wednesday. The truck turned into going to Mumbai from Chennai.
The gang later deserted the truck after moving the cell telephones to every other truck.
“As many as 14,500 cell telephones have been stored withinside the field,” stated an officer on the Soolagiri police station. The cell telephones have been being transported with the aid of using DHL Express from a Redmi production unit at Poonamallee close to Chennai to Mumbai.
A vehicle intercepted the truck at Melumalai, placed among Soolagiri and Krishnagiri, on Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway round 2am.
The occupants withinside the vehicle attacked the truck driving force and the cleaner. They hijacked the truck after tying the duo with every different with ropes. They left the duo at the roadside.
The gang stopped the truck 15 km farfar from the spot and transferred the cell telephones to every other truck. They deserted the DHL truck there.
“We have shaped 17 groups to nab the culprits,” Salem variety DIG Pradip Kumar instructed TOI. There turned into no clue approximately the gang, he added.
