There is no doubt that online food delivery system has been growing to heights in recent times and with that advancement, people want everything on their doorsteps. Similarly, a couple in Pune ordered food from Zomato, and got their food delivered. But to their horror, the delivery guywalked off with their pet, a beagle dog, after delivering the food.

Vandana Shah took to Twitter to post about the bizarre incident, which she said happened on Monday around noon when she found that her dog ''Dottu'' went missing from Karve Road.

The CCTV footage showed Dottu playing and roaming inside the premises of her home cum-factory complex premises before he went missing. Afterhours of searching inside the house, the couple started searching him in the neighbourhood but no trace of him appeared. The worried couple then informedthe police, who assured them to help in finding him.

Ms Shah said that on enquiring from a few food delivery guysat an eatery near their home, one of them recognised the dog and said it wastaken away by his colleague.

Shah also got hold of a picture of her dog with a man, whoturned out to be a food delivery personnel of Zomato, who was identified as oneTushar."We took his contact number and asked him about Dottu. Tusharconfessed to having picked him up but when we asked him to return the dog hestarted making up excuses and said that he had sent him to his village,"news agency ANI quoted Vandana Shah as saying.

"We also offered him money in exchange for our beaglebut he kept on giving us evasive answers and for the last few hours he hasswitched off his cellphone", said Shah.

Shah reached out to Zomato seeking their help stating thather dog was kidnapped by Tushar on October 7 Karve Road, Deccan."That'stotally not acceptable. Please help us with your contact details or the orderdetails via DM and someone from our team will reach out to you at theearliest," Zomato quickly responded on the microblogging site.

Shah and her husband also claimed that while they wereassured of help by police yesterday, the police refused to register acomplaint.