Nagpur: For police, finding stolen objects is all in a day’s work or more. But they were left flummoxed when a student from a Nagpur college recently came to them with a ‘heartfelt’ complaint: A girl on campus had stolen his heart and could they find it? This girl has stolen my heart and since she is refusing to acknowledge it, police should find my stolen heart,” said the student in his complaint to police.
Never having encountered such a case before, the police gave the matter much thought. The matter escalated to the topmost level of authority, which too found itself befuddled. After a series of heart-to-heart discussions, it was decided that police could not play agony aunt. The student was informed, “There is no section under Indian laws that deals with such a complaint, hence we are unable to address it.”
This unusual incident was shared by Nagpur Police Commissioner Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay last week during a programme where the police department returned stolen articles worth Rs 82 lakh to their respective owners. Upadhyay, in a lighter However, health experts and counsellors are trying to make sense of his behaviour.
They are wondering whether the youth has done this to draw the attention of the public and the girl he loves, or if he is a privileged individual who is not used to taking no for answer. Health experts have recommended that his parents pay heed to their son’s behaviour.vein, said, “We can return stolen articles, but sometimes we also get such complaints which even we cannot solve.
