Hyderabad: A Rapido delivery executive absconded with a parcel reportedly containing gold jewellery worth over Rs 60,000 after collecting it from a company in Banjara Hills for delivery to a customer in Nagole. Jubilee Hills police have registered a case against the rider, G Murali, on Oct 29.
A manager at Vivo, he had booked a Rapido delivery service on Oct 27 for Rs 203 to transport a parcel to his cousin’s residence in Nagole, according to the complaint lodged by Datta Prasad Neetipalli. The parcel contained a gold side-ear chain worth Rs 62,383, purchased from Joyalukkas in Panjagutta, and a rose-gold anklet bought from Giva near Galleria Mall.
He had verbally instructed the rider to deliver the package, Jubilee Hills police said. the complainant had packed the jewellery in a gift box and booked a rider without a passenger Although the platform does not permit the transport of precious metals. The rider was not aware that the parcel contained gold jewellery, police officers added.
A case was registered under Sections 314 and 316 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and further investigation was underway.
Jubilee Hills police said the accused was absconding and further details about his whereabouts were not available.