New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) A section officer in the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) lodged a complaint against an e-commerce website for allegedly sending him a detergent soap instead of a mobile phone, police said on Sunday.

Sohan Lal, 46, a resident of Mayur Vihar Phase-III, in his complaint stated that he had ordered a mobile phone on October 19 from an e-commerce website.

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On Wednesday around 12.30 pm, the vender delivered the mobile box to him which contained a detergent soap inside it. The delivery boy handed over the item and left immediately, a senior police officer said.

According to the FIR, a case under section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) has been registered at Gazipur police station and an investigation is underway.

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Lal said that he had ordered the same mobile phone a couple of days back and on October 19, he ordered it again for his senior.

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