Mumbai, October 10: While people face difficulty in getting their complaints of robbery or theft being registered, Pune rural police has proved to be an exception. In a bizarre incident, the police has registered a case of missing sandal of a person.On October 3, Vishal Kalekar, a resident of Rakshewadi in Khed tahsil of Pune district, walked to the police station to report that his brand new sandal was stolen from outside his apartment and insisted on filing an FIR.
The Khed police registered a case of theft under section 379 of IPC against unidentified persons after the 36-year-old Kalekar insisted on doing so, a police official said. "We have registered an offence of theft in this case and our probe is on," Pradeep Jadhav, Inspector of Khed police station said.
Kalekar lives on the third floor of Palash Residency apartment on the Takalkarwadi Road in Khed.
The incident took place in the early hours of October 3, between 3 AM and 8 AM, when some unidentified persons came inside the building and allegedly took away his new black sandal worth Rs 425, an official said.
Kalekar approached the police and onduty police YM Gaikwad registered an offence of theft. Kalekar was given the copy of the first information report (FIR).
Police Naik SM Dhole is investigating the case. No arrest has been made in the case yet.
With inputs from PTI.
