Maharashtra: Railway cops use social media honeytrap to nab phone thief

MUMBAI: A 17-year-old boy from Vasai who had fled to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh after stealing a mobile phone from a train commuter was honey-trapped by the railway police and detained recently. The boy, whose identity has been withheld as he is a minor, has four other cases of theft registered against him in the past.
The latest instance was reported on August 4 in the Pune-Jaipur Express. A commuter, Rajkumar Meena, was occupying a window seat. While he was checking his phone and the train had started moving from Vasai station, someone slid his hand under the window and snatched the handset. Meena registered a complaint with Vasai Government Railway Police (GRP).
Police tracked the stolen phone with its IMEI number and traced its location to a youngster living in Vasai (East). The 17-year-old told the police that he had borrowed the phone from his friend, who was the same age as him, since his handset was damaged.