BENGALURU: A 47-year-old businessman, Ajay Kumar, has accused his driver of stealing his Mercedes Benz from Ramamurthynagar recently.
Police registered a case against the driver, Ravikumar, under Section 381 of IPC. Ajay, a tiles businessman, is a resident of Mulbagal in Kolar district. He had hired Ravikumar from Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, as his driver in August 2021.
Ajay told police that on December 23, 2021, he went to a hotel in RR Nagar to meet a friend and asked Ravikumar to wait near the hotel. But the accused allegedly drove away with the car. Ravikumar informed Ajay over phone that his wife had taken ill and he’d to rush home. However, he did not return with the car and Ajay came to know later Ravikmar had sold the vehicle, which prompted him to approach police on January 23.
