Burdwan (West Bengal): Wonders will never cease found out a man who lost his smartphone in a shop. The smartphone was returned a few days later by the person who stole it. This act happened after the ‘thief’ failed to operate the smartphone.
Police said Monday that the man left his mobile phone worth Rs 45,000 by mistake at a sweet shop in East Burdwan district September 4. The phone was soon stolen from the shop counter where it was lying by a 22-year-old person.
The phone owner had lodged a complaint with the police as the phone could not be traced at the sweet shop, a police official said. The man had tried to make a call on his number from another phone but found it switched off.
However, the situation changed drastically Sunday when he repeated the call. The man who had stolen the phone answered and told him that he wanted to return the phone. The alleged ‘thief’ said he did not know how to operate the smartphone.
“I was surprised when the man took the call and said he wanted to return my phone. I collected the cell phone that very day from his residence with police help,” the man said. “He even expressed remorse for his act,” the phone owner said when asked of the man’s demeanour.
The police did not take any action against the man. This was because due to request of the complainant as he had got his phone back, informed a police official.
Meanwhile the person who had stolen the phone also offered some compensation (not much) to the original owner. However, the offer was politely refused. The man who had stolen the smartphone it was too complicated. He said he always wanted to use an expensive phone, but when he had one in possession, he found it too complicated. That is the main reason why he decided to return the smartphone.
