An Ahmedabad resident accused police of not filing a complaint under the excuse that the amount of theft was too low.

A theft occurred at a bungalow in Ranchada, Ahmedabad, on Wednesday night, where the thieves stole ₹20,000 from the house of Harish Guttikar..

The theft took place when Harish (61) and his mother (96) were sleeping at their residence in Rancharda, when four thieves, two of them carrying weapons, broke into the house.

Harish, woken up by the noise, found the thieves in the house, taking away valuables from his wife’s purse and his laptop. When Harish made the noise, the thieves ran away, however, not before making a futile attempt at stealing Harish’s car. 

The police arrived at the scene, and Harish was told to visit the Santej police station at 8 in the morning to file a complaint.

Next day, not only Harish was made to wait till 4 pm in the afternoon, he was later told that only an application will be enough since the amount of theft was ‘only ₹20,000’.

As one of Harish’s friend was acquainted with Rajkot Inspector General (IG) Ashok Yadav, the latter called Gandhinagar Superintendent of Police (SP) Ravi Teja and informed him about Harish’s situation.

SP Teja later asked Police Sub Inspector (PSI) Chudasama of Santej police station to file a complaint immediately and begin investigation.

For Harish, in his own words, the amount of theft was a secondary issue, but the reason to complaint was his mother’s safety, which was compromised as the thieves were carrying weapons.

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