Mumbai: A little child was detained on Saturday by Mumbai police after he attempted to rob a diamond store there with a toy gun. The 16-year-old youngster admitted to the police during questioning that he committed the crime to obtain funds to use as investments in the stock market.
On Saturday at around 5 o’clock, the incident happened at the Shakti Jeweller’s store on 60 Feet Road in Bhayander West.
Police said that when the young suspect arrived at the jewellery store, he told the owner that he had some gold cookies to sell. The child was ordered to leave by the jewellery management when they declined to buy it from him. He originally left the store and returned a short while later holding a plastic gun.
A young man from the Bhayande neighbourhood entered the store and announced to the jeweller that he wanted to sell gold cookies. The jewellers asked the child to leave after declining to buy them. A short while later, the child returned to the store brandishing a toy gun.
At first, nobody at the jewellery store could tell that it was a toy gun, so the child ransacked the establishment. After the robbery, he attempted to run, but several neighbourhood residents apprehended him and turned him over to the police.
A biker grabbed the youngster after a disturbance on the road and called the police on hotline number 112. The child was taken into custody as soon as the police arrived on the scene. It turns out that the weapon was a cigarette lighter.
The CCTV cameras set up in the showroom have recorded the full series of events. A senior police officer said, “An offence under section 393 of the IPC for attempting to commit robbery has been registered in this context.” The youngster will be taken to the correctional facility and brought before the juvenile court because he is a minor.
The boy, a standard tenth pupil from Bhayandar (east), was found to be in severe need of money after investigations proved this.
According to a senior police official, “during questioning, he said he attempted the robbery to make money to invest in the share market.”
Police claim that the accused is an SSC student. The child was managing his father’s Demat account, who owns a tea shop. It used to provide him with a solid income, and he wanted to invest more money to increase his wealth.
The plastic gun was confiscated from him by the Bhayander police, and a case has been opened against the young child in accordance with the applicable sections of the India Penal Code (IPC).
The boy will be taken to a facility for young offenders.