Toddler mistakenly booked for power theft in northern India
In a bizarre incident, a two-and- a-half year-old child has been booked at Kanpur city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for stealing power.
"A First Information Report has been registered against two-and- a-half year-old Shahnawaz and seven others on Feb. 3 when Kanpur Electricity Supply Company (KESCO) officials carried out raids to check power theft in a locality here," a senior police official told the media in Kanpur Friday.
The toddler's case came to light when the police reached the houses of the eight accused Thursday to arrest them.
"The child was spared from the arrest after the police realized the mistake," he said.
KESCO Chief Engineer Keshavram Friday said the mix-up happened as people of the locality did not give out the correct names of those involved in power theft. The company realized the mistake and asked the police to delete the toddler's name from charge sheet.