Youths cheat delivery boy by replacing mobile phone with soap

FIVE YOUNGSTERS including a woman cheated a major e-commerce company and its delivery staffer by taking away a brand new cell phone from the parcel box and replacing it with soap.

Mehandi Alure (32), a resident of Hadapsar, lodged an FIR in this connection at Lashkar police station. Police said Alure works as a delivery boy and has been delivering parcels for prominent e-commerce companies.

The accused persons called Alure on June 25 to Pune Camp area for receiving the new cell phone they had booked online. But they allegedly picked up a quarrel with Alure claiming that there was some technical problem in the cell phone.