Nagpur: An error in the First Information Report (FIR) disrupted the life of an innocent man, rounded up by Wadi police from Arni, Yavatmal earlier this week. The man, identified as ‘Shukla’, was enjoying Holi celebrations at his in-laws’ place when he was picked up.
Shukla was rounded up for questioning after the registration number of his car got mistakenly included in the FIR of a six-year-old girl’s molestation, instead of that of the actual perpetrator. The offence was registered following a complaint from a woman whose daughter claimed to have been shown an objectionable video by a man inside a car, when she was playing outside her house.
The car’s registration number was included in the FIR after scrutiny of the CCTV footage which had captured the incident. One of the digits in the number plate got erroneously changed, which led to the blunder.
Wadi police immediately released the man along with his car, allowing him to rejoin family and expressing their gratitude for his cooperation, shortly after it came to the fore that the basis of their action was incorrect.
Re-working on the case’s details after rectifying the error, Wadi police intercepted the actual suspect’s car from Ravi Nagar. The driver of the car, Manish Yadav, was placed under arrest on Wednesday. Being a driver, Yadav was in the possession of someone else’s car.
Another 8-year-old shown porn
An eight-year-old girl was shown a porn clip by a neighbour, identified as Shaikh, following which an offence was registered at Ajni police station on Wednesday. The girl stayed with her mother at a rented place. Shaikh operates a maintenance workshop of water filters from an adjoining room. The girl had stepped into Shaikh’s room in a playful manner when he allegedly showed her some porn clips and also exposed his body. After learning about it, the girl’s father approached Ajni police station.