CEO arrested for stealing Blackberry at Delhi airport

Wed, Nov 4 01:25 PM

New Delhi, Nov. 3 -- The CEO of a company with an annual turnover of Rs 1,100 crore (Rs 11 billion) who himself earns around Rs 63 lakh (Rs 6.3 million) a year was arrested at the airport here on Monday for allegedly stealing a Rs 20,000 BlackBerry. Sanjay Somany (50), who is also the managing director of Hindustan National Glass and Industries Limited, was held by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on arrival from Chennai on an Air India flight. The phone was recovered from the aircraft toilet. Somany was later released on bail. If the charges of theft and retaining stolen property are proved, he may be looking at up to seven years in jail. According to CISF officials, N K Puri, a passenger on Air India's Delhi-Mumbai flight, found his BlackBerry missing after security check. "Puri had put the phone on a tray. When he picked up his belongings, the phone was missing," a CISF spokesperson who didn't want to be named said. A CISF personnel had noticed a person dressed in blue pick up the phone and then board Air India's Delhi-Chennai flight. "We identified the person with the help of passengers and crew of the Chennai flight. At Chennai airport, our officials kept an eye on him," the spokesperson said.

Hindustan National Glass vice-president R.L. Khandelia, however, said: "He was never arrested. There was a misunderstanding that was sorted out."

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