SAMIULLAH KHAN samiullah. khan@ mid- day. com THE Samta Nagar police are searching for an unknown motorcycle thief who allegedly fled with the bike of a cake shop employee who had gone to deliver it at the address provided by the accused in Thakur Village, Kandivli East.
According to sources, the accused went to Occasion cake shop on u0090 anuary u009d u00a0 . The accused told the shopkeeper, Omkar Mohite, u009d u20ac , that he wanted a cake for his niece's birthday. He then bought two cakes and some birthday accessories and gave his contact number and a buildingu2019s name requesting home delivery.
u201c My colleague Sandeep Gupta and I went to deliver the cake on my KTM Duke bike. We met the accused outside the building gate. He told us to keep the cake and other things in the watchman's cabin and asked for my bike as he wanted to buy a few other things. I told Sandeep to go along with the man,u201d said Mohite.
u201c After a while, I saw Sandeep come walking alone. When I asked about the bike, he said the man told Sandeep to wait near a sweet shop for two minutes as he had to get his ironed clothes from the laundry, but, he never returned. When we tried calling him on his number, the phone was switched off,u201d Mohite said.
u201c We realised that we were cheated after we searched the entire area, but found no trace of him. We then approached the Samta Nagar police station and registered a complaint,u201d he added.
u201c We have collected CCTV footage and are searching for the accused,u201d said a police officer from the Samta Nagar police station.
Customer fl ees with cake shop workeru2019s motorbike Unidentifi ed accused took manu2019s bike on the pretext of an urgent trip to a laundry shop nearby u2018 The man told Sandeep to wait near a sweet shop for two minutes as he had to get his ironed clothes from the laundry, but, he never returnedu2019 Omkar Mohite, cake shop owner
