A case of mobile snatching in Chennai was revealed to be a 13-year-old boy's wish to be educated. The boy studies in a corporation school and he snatched a phone in order to take part in online classes.?
His father works in a biscuit shop and his mother is a domestic help. He could not afford a phone.?
When two criminals from the same neighbourhood saw him sitting idle during school hours, they decided to lure him with a mobile phone offer to make him join their snatching drive, TOI reported.
They wanted the boy to join them as involving a child would not let police suspect them and even if they were caught, they would be let off easily.?
The trio stole the phone of a truck driver in Thiruvottiyur, however, they were caught and handed over to the police.?
When Thiruvottiyur crime police inspector S Bhuvaneshwari heard the boy's story during the investigation, she decided to buy a phone for him. She used the funds she had set aside to buy a phone for her daughter.?
The child was let off with a warning.?
In a similar instance in Indore, a cop has turned a teacher to help a young boy who aspires to become a policeman. Vinod Dikshit, a station house officer (SHO) from Palasia, Indore, teaches Raj every day after long hours at work.