Bengaluru: In a strange incident of theft, miscreants stole painkiller tablets worth Rs 4.9 lakh from a closed container truck that was transporting medicines from Goa to Bengaluru recently. According to the complaint filed by Basavaraj, 53, manager of a transport company (Surat Goods Transport Pvt Ltd), the theft occurred between 6pm on May 9 and 12pm on May 12.The painkiller Brufen was being transported by Abbott India Pvt Ltd from Goa to Bengaluru’s Nayandahalli branch. A container truck, owned and driven by Shahi Kumar G, was loaded with around 567 boxes of various types of medicines, including Brufen 400 mg tablets. The theft came to light when Kumar took the truck to the Nayandahalli branch at around 12pm on May 12. The staff found only 517 boxes of medicines.When Basavaraj enquired Kumar about the missing boxes, he said while coming to Bengaluru, he parked the truck near Bankapura toll in Haveri around 3am on May 10 and slept in the truck until 7am. On the same day, around 4pm, he reached Bengaluru and drove the truck to his house in Bommanahalli near Nelamangala and parked it on the roadside. Since May 11 was a Sunday and the company was closed, he rested at his house and then drove the truck to the company.He claims he does not know when the boxes were stolen. However, the container lock was intact.Basavaraj told police that they checked the CCTV footage near Banakapura toll and near Kumar’s house, but did not find any clues. This led to a delay in filing the complaint. He further stated that each box of tablets was worth Rs 9,800, and the total value of the stolen boxes is around Rs 4.9 lakh.A senior officer said the case was registered on May 20. “We are investigating the case from all angles. Kumar is also being subjected to questioning.”