Pigment worth Rs70L stolen from two consignments for export

Bharuch/Surat: Pigment worth Rs70 lakh was stolen in the second week of March from two consignments of Meghmani Organics Limited, which is located in Dahej.
The company’s commercial officer lodged a police complaint at Kosmba police station in Surat in this connection a few days ago.
Police said the company had dispatched 38 metric tonnes of blue pigment worth Rs1.40 crore in two consignments between March 11 and 18. One consignment had pigment of Rs58 lakh and another worth Rs82 lakh, police said. The goods were loaded in a container truck for shipment to The Netherlands and France from Hajira Port.
When the consignments were checked by custom officers at the port, they found half of the material missing. The information was communicated via email to the company. The consignments had been brought to the port by truck driver Vinod Kumar Patel along with Sudhir Singh, both natives of Uttar Pradesh.
They had allegedly committed the theft at Pipodara GIDC near Kosamba. The duo allegedly broke open the seal and lock of the container and stole 19 metric tonne material worth Rs70 lakh from the two consignments. They later sealed the container. Driver Vinod has been arrested by Kosamba police. He has admitted to the theft. Sudhir Singh is yet to be arrested.