A software engineer claimed that he found a piece of tile inside the box of a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 smartphone delivered to him after he ordered it online for Rs 1.86 lakh, police said on Friday.

Premanand (43), of Yelachenahalli, who ordered the phone, filed a police complaint after the incident, they said.

According to the complaint, Premanand ordered the phone from an e-commerce platform on October 14 and paid online using his credit card. The package was delivered on October 19 at around 4.16 pm. He recorded a video while unboxing the parcel and was shocked to find only a square piece of white tile inside instead of the high-end smartphone.

Premanand first lodged a complaint with the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and later approached the local police, who registered

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