The owner of the machinery was paying Rs 1,000 monthly to Naik to take care of the machinery. However, when the machinery went missing he suspected foul play. Police, summoned Naik and during interrogation, Naik confessed to selling the machinery after cutting it into pieces to scrap dealer, Bashir Ahmed, at Shantwada-Fatorda.
2 held for machinery theft
CURCHOREM: Curchorem police arrested two persons on charges of stealing machinery worth Rs 20 lakh. Curchorem police said Oscar Alfonso from Fatorda complained that his machinery, which was kept in Sushant Naik’s custody at Costi-Kalay, went missing.
