Facebook helps cop nab thieves

March 27, 2012

Indore, March 27: The social networking site has helped the police crack a theft case wherein two students were arrested after they allegedly picked a motor-bike from a mall a few days ago.

The police have arrested Ayush Rai, a resident of Anuppur and Abhishek Tiwari, a resident of Shahdol, after tracking them with the help of the Facebook. Tukoganj police station inspector Ashok Tiwari said a motorbike of Nikhilesh Khandelwal was stolen from the Treasure Island parking on March 14. The CCTV camera installed in the parking captured the image of thieves, he said.

Later, the footage was matched with other CCTV cameras installed in the mall, said Tiwari. It was found out with the help of footage that they had consumed liquor in a bar at the mall and had also done purchasing on the basis of footage. Guessing them student, police tried to find out the accused on Facebook and traced them to Bhopal.

FT


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