Selfie craze helps police catch mobile thief in Bengal
Tuesday - May 29, 2018 9:55 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Kolkata May 29 (IANS) The selfie craze is becoming troublesome but it helped the police in solving a recent case of theft in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal as the thief posted a selfie from the stolen phone police said on Tuesday.
"By looking at the selfie he posted we could trace his location from seeing the background and nabbed him today (Tuesday) " said a police officer.
Deepak Rai had stolen a mobile phone on Sunday from Jalpaiguri town. He couldn t resist the temptation to click a selfie and clicked one with the stolen mobile which he posted on a social media site on Monday.
"We decoded the area seeing the picture and caught him. The accused has confessed to the crime " said the police.
The mobile phone has been recovered and will be handed over to the owner after the legal formalities.
--IANS bnd/ssp/him/bg
"By looking at the selfie he posted we could trace his location from seeing the background and nabbed him today (Tuesday) " said a police officer.
Deepak Rai had stolen a mobile phone on Sunday from Jalpaiguri town. He couldn t resist the temptation to click a selfie and clicked one with the stolen mobile which he posted on a social media site on Monday.
"We decoded the area seeing the picture and caught him. The accused has confessed to the crime " said the police.
The mobile phone has been recovered and will be handed over to the owner after the legal formalities.
--IANS bnd/ssp/him/bg
