IPL jerseys worth lakhs stolen from BCCIs Mumbai office - Report
The report mentions that a 40-year-old security guard has been identified as the culprit behind the theft and has been arrested by the police.
New Delhi: IPL 2025 jerseys worth lakhs of rupees were stolen from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) office in Mumbai, as per a report. The report in the Times of India mentions that jerseys worth Rs 6.5 lakhs were stolen from the office at the Wankhede stadium.
The report mentions that a 40-year-old security guard has been identified as the culprit behind the theft and has been arrested by the police. The arrested guard, Farooque Aslam Khan, stole 261 jerseys, each costing close to 2500 rupees. After the guard was investigated thoroughly, it was learnt that he had committed the heist to fund his online gambling addiction.
Jerseys of various teams
It is further being learnt that the jerseys were of different teams but surety about whether the kits were for the players or public is still not there. The guard got in touch with an online dealer from Haryana on social media and sold the jerseys to the same man. The theft took place on June 13 but it came to the limelight when an audit showed that the stock of 2025 IPL was missing from the room.
When the BCCI officials found that the stock was missing, they checked the CCTV footage just to find the security guard leaving with the jerseys in a box. During interrogation, he hasn't revealed how much he got for the deal claiming that he went into an argument with the dealer. Haryana police has also got into action and the online dealer has been summoned by them for investigation.
The security guard had couriered the jerseys to the dealer. Out of the total 261 jerseys that were stolen, 50 of them have been recovered with the culprit saying that he got the money from online dealer straight into his bank account. It is also being learnt that he has left no money with him and everything has been lost in online gambling.