<p>Penukonda: As many as 900 Kia car engines were allegedly stolen in Sri Sathyasai district, prompting the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/south-korea">South Korean</a> company to lodge a complaint with the police, said an official on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Kia runs a car manufacturing plant at Penukonda in Sri Sathyasai district, where police believe the engines theft began nearly five years ago. The company filed a police complaint on March 19.</p>.<p>“It (engine thefts) started in the year 2020. It has been a continuous process, nearly five years. We will go deep into the investigation,” Penukonda sub-divisional police officer Y Venkateshwarlu told <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p>According to Venkateshwarlu, a preliminary probe has confirmed the theft of 900 engines. He observed that the engines were stolen on the way to the manufacturing plant and also from inside.</p>.Four-year-old boy dies in stray dog attack in Andhra Pradesh.<p>Police are suspecting that the massive theft is an ‘inside job’, prompting them to direct their probe towards the past and current employees of the car manufacturer.</p>.<p>“Not outsiders, it is from within. Not even a small piece will come out without their (Kia management) permission. We are checking who are all involved in it,” he said.</p>.<p>We did a preliminary enquiry, confirmed some loopholes and our main target is probing old employees while there is also the involvement of some current employees, said Venkateshwarlu.</p>.<p>Police formed teams to further probe the theft and have also collected several records in this process.</p>.<p>Company officials were not available immediately for comment. </p>
<p>Penukonda: As many as 900 Kia car engines were allegedly stolen in Sri Sathyasai district, prompting the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/south-korea">South Korean</a> company to lodge a complaint with the police, said an official on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Kia runs a car manufacturing plant at Penukonda in Sri Sathyasai district, where police believe the engines theft began nearly five years ago. The company filed a police complaint on March 19.</p>.<p>“It (engine thefts) started in the year 2020. It has been a continuous process, nearly five years. We will go deep into the investigation,” Penukonda sub-divisional police officer Y Venkateshwarlu told <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p>According to Venkateshwarlu, a preliminary probe has confirmed the theft of 900 engines. He observed that the engines were stolen on the way to the manufacturing plant and also from inside.</p>.Four-year-old boy dies in stray dog attack in Andhra Pradesh.<p>Police are suspecting that the massive theft is an ‘inside job’, prompting them to direct their probe towards the past and current employees of the car manufacturer.</p>.<p>“Not outsiders, it is from within. Not even a small piece will come out without their (Kia management) permission. We are checking who are all involved in it,” he said.</p>.<p>We did a preliminary enquiry, confirmed some loopholes and our main target is probing old employees while there is also the involvement of some current employees, said Venkateshwarlu.</p>.<p>Police formed teams to further probe the theft and have also collected several records in this process.</p>.<p>Company officials were not available immediately for comment. </p>