A prominent industrialist of a Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) company was arrested at the airport in New Delhi for allegedly stealing a high-end mobile phone of a passenger after CCTV visuals indicated that he took it, police said on Tuesday.
Sanjay Somany (51), the Managing Director of Hindustan National Glass and Industries Limited, was caught last evening at the airport when he returned from Chennai, Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) K C Trivedi said.
"He was produced before a magistrate who granted him bail," Trivedi told PTI.
The arrest came following probe into the complaint by one N K Puri, who claimed early last morning that his BlackBerry phone had been stolen from inside the airport premises just before he boarded his Mumbai bound flight.
Soon after the complaint was received airport authorities checked the CCTV footage which showed a person wearing a blue attire picking up a phone during the security check process at the airport.
It was also ascertained that the accused, later identified as Somany, boarded a Chennai-bound flight. His presence on the aircraft was confirmed by co-passengers and flight crew, the official said.
Somany was caught by CISF officials on his return to Delhi in the evening after a passenger on the return flight told officials about his presence.
On being confronted he said he had kept the phone in the toilet of the aircraft, the official said.
