4 minor boys detained for stealing cash, electronic items from UP intermediate college | Lucknow News

The police claimed to have recovered Rs 72,500, part of the looted cash, from their possession. “The boys have confessed to their involvement in the incident. They claimed to have thrown electronic items , including a laptop into the river, fearing they could be caught by surveillance,” said the police. Divers have been pressed into service to trace electronic items in the river.

“The search operation is still on. The four boys were produced before Juvenile Justice Board, which sent them to a correction home in Hardoi,” said the police, adding that the family of all four boys are into farming.

According to the police, on October 23, they got information about a robbery at a private college. The police team rushed to the spot and found that miscreants had entered the college campus by scaling the boundary wall. They allegedly broke the lock of an almirah and took away cash and other electronic items.

On the basis of a complaint filed by college authorities, an FIR was lodged against the unidentified accused under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 457 (Lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night ) and 380 (Theft in dwelling house, etc).

The security personnel at the college told the police that two boys studying there on October 22 morning got upset with him and threatened to teach him a lesson.

One of the college students also told the police that he had come across two others planning the theft.

On October 29, the police caught two students and, based on information, detained the other two boys of the village for their alleged involvement, said the station house officer of the police station concerned.

Some recent crimes committed by minors

October 27: Kanpur police detained two boys – aged 15 and 17 years – for allegedly opening fire on their teacher near their school gate.

October 27: A 14-year-old class 8 student was detained for allegedly stabbing his classmate to death after an argument in Deoria. The police said that they recovered the knife used in the crime from the possession of the accused.

September 22: The Basti police arrested a man and detained a teenager on rape charges after the rape victim and her husband allegedly ended their lives, leaving behind a video message accusing the duo of the crime.

September 16: Ambedkar Nagar police arrested two and detained a minor after a 16-year-old girl on her way home from school on a cycle fell on the road allegedly after being harassed by them and got run over by a motorcyclist.