Maha: Driver booked as alcohol worth Rs 4.7 lakh goes missing from consignment

A truck driver has been booked after liquor worth Rs 4.7 lakh went missing from a consignment that he delivered in Mumbai's Chembur area, an official said on Friday.

The truck driver collected 300 boxes of alcohol from a manufacturer in Maharashtra's Aurangabad on December 28, 2002, that was to be reached to a distributor. At the destination, the driver claimed that someone had stolen 14 boxes, worth Rs 4,76,160 while he was having his dinner at Bhiwandi in Thane district, said the official.

Following a complaint by the liquor company, the Thane rural police registered a case of criminal breach of trust against the driver, he said, adding that no arrest has been made yet.