2 boys held for stealing cellphones

The Government Railway Police (GRP) have finally zeroed in on two Jharkhand boys, aged 16 years and 15 years old, who would pose as college students and steal cellphones in local trains. The two would then sell the stolen mobiles at their natives place in Jharkhand.

“The two, who confessed to having carrying on with their act for the past two-and-a-half years, were detained by sub-inspector Farooq Shaikh and constable Anand Kamble at the ticket booking office at Thane when they were moving about suspiciously on Sunday,” said a police officer of Thane railway police.

Besides books, the police found ten stolen mobiles in the bag of one the boy. The duo revealed they would steal the cellphones of rail commuters to sell them in their native Jharkhand.

Interestingly, one of the boys, the 16-year-old, was earlier arrested by the GRP at Thane three months ago and three stolen cellphones recovered from him. The two have been sent to Bhiwandi Observation home.