Nagpur trader says Sitabuldi police have not booked case over Rs 72,000 fibre cable parcel lost in transit

Nagpur: Sitabuldi police have not registered a case even a month and a half after fibre cable worth Rs 72,000, sent from Pune to Nagpur, was stolen. The trader says the police attitude has not changed even after he complained to senior city police officers.

Jitendra Mohta runs a firm called Cable Connector in Sitabuldi's electronics market. He had placed an order for fibre cable with a distributor of Finolex company. Under the order, the cable was sent to Mohta from Pune by courier on September 14. The courier reached Nagpur on September 16.

According to Mohta's complaint, another firm, and not his, took delivery of the parcel. Worried that the fibre cable had not been delivered on time, Mohta contacted Finolex and the courier company. The courier company told him the parcel had been delivered to another firm.

Mohta had paid Rs 72,000 to the Finolex distributor for the cable. Objecting that the delivery had not reached him despite payment, he sent an email to the distributor. The distributor replied in writing, again stating that another firm had taken the delivery.

Mohta had ordered the cable to supply a customer. The delay was damaging his reputation. He filed a complaint at Sitabuldi police station on September 24. When police took no action, he complained to Police Commissioner Vishwas Nangre Patil and Deputy Commissioner Annapurna Singh on September 28. When no steps were taken even then, on October 3 he submitted a complaint with evidence to the police commissioner, the deputy commissioner and the station house officer.

Mohta's statement was recorded on October 15. When nothing moved even after that, on October 23 he complained to the Chief Minister, the Director General of Police and the police commissioner about the role of investigating officer, Havildar Pralesh Kapse. On October 27 he also complained to the Joint Commissioner of Police.

Mohta says that instead of registering a case, Kapse makes him sit at the police station for hours. He says Kapse uses abusive language when asked why the case is not being registered. Mohta has demanded action against Kapse and registration of a case on his complaint. He has said he will file a petition in the High Court in this connection.