THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city police are winning praises on social media for their intervention in returning a stolen helmet to a two-wheeler owner within 24 hours of a complaint being registered. The police personnel at Kazhakoottam police station under Kazhakootam Cyber City police subdivision are the one who are receiving the laurels after the complainant, Jerin, a techie hailing from Tamil Nadu posted his experience on social media. It was the quick and responsible action of the police on a seemingly unimportant complaint related to a helmet theft that prompted Jerin to post it on social media.
Jerin had lost his costly helmet on Saturday at the Kariavattom Greenfield Stadium where the annual celebrations of the company he works for was held. Two days later, he spotted his helmet listed on the website of OLX where people place advertisements for selling used products.
He had conducted a search on OLX and similar websites, assuming that the thief would try to sell the helmet as it was a costly one.
He then approached the Kazhakootam police with a complaint on Monday night, albeit with little hope. To his surprise, the next day itself the police summoned him to the police station and gave back his helmet. Jerin wrote on social media that he wasn’t expecting a quick action because he felt that police had more important cases to attend to.
Officers with the Kazhakootam police station said that the helmet went through three hands before ending up on OLX.
“A staff of a roadside eatery near the entrance of the stadium had spotted the helmet lying beside the road. He took it and gave it to a friend. His friend, who already had a helmet, gave it to another friend. Since he too had a helmet, he tried to sell it,” said sub-inspector Santhosh Kumar adding that the men were given a warning and let off after being told that they should approach the police next time they found a lost object.
The SI added that the thief could have abandoned the helmet after stealing it for the fear of getting caught.
Jerin had lost his costly helmet on Saturday at the Kariavattom Greenfield Stadium where the annual celebrations of the company he works for was held. Two days later, he spotted his helmet listed on the website of OLX where people place advertisements for selling used products.
He had conducted a search on OLX and similar websites, assuming that the thief would try to sell the helmet as it was a costly one.
He then approached the Kazhakootam police with a complaint on Monday night, albeit with little hope. To his surprise, the next day itself the police summoned him to the police station and gave back his helmet. Jerin wrote on social media that he wasn’t expecting a quick action because he felt that police had more important cases to attend to.
Officers with the Kazhakootam police station said that the helmet went through three hands before ending up on OLX.
“A staff of a roadside eatery near the entrance of the stadium had spotted the helmet lying beside the road. He took it and gave it to a friend. His friend, who already had a helmet, gave it to another friend. Since he too had a helmet, he tried to sell it,” said sub-inspector Santhosh Kumar adding that the men were given a warning and let off after being told that they should approach the police next time they found a lost object.
The SI added that the thief could have abandoned the helmet after stealing it for the fear of getting caught.
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