JOIN USMore and more people are now filing false FIRs to settle personal disputes. It emerged when three persons, including a juvenile, were nabbed after three cases of Narela, Bawana and Alipur police stations were found to be fake, police said on Thursday.
In one of the cases, a security guard had lodged an FIR of snatching to settle dispute in a road rage case.
“In another case, a minor boy had filed an FIR of snatching after he lost his mobile phone in a bet in a game of ludo with school friends. He did not want to reveal the truth to his parents,” said Vikramjit Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer).
In the third case, a labourer had lodged an FIR of robbery just to play safe in a quarrel with boys of a JJ Colony.
“We are initiating legal proceedings against the complainants,” Singh added. On January 23, a PCR call was made by Bawana-resident Mohammad Azeem. He told police that two men pushed him from a rickshaw and robbed his mobile phone along with Rs 600.
During a probe, the robbed mobile phone was traced and the user was approached. He revealed to have purchased the phone for Rs 300 from Azeem. “Azeem was interrogated who admitted that he had sold that mobile,” Singh said.
It was found that Azeem lodged the FIR to play safe in a quarrel with two men in his neighbourhood. In case of any complaint from the other party, Azeem would have used the FIR to settle the issue.
On March 8, another PCR call was received at Bawana police station. The complainant, a 16-year-old boy, stated that three motorcycle-borne assailants had snatched his mobile phone.
“We found that the mobile phone was being used on another number in Bawana. The user was approached and he was found to be another 15-year-old boy,” Singh added.
On being questioned, the user of the phone told police that he had won it from the complainant during a ludo game in school.
The boys were classmates, but the user of the phone did not know that the complainant had lodged an FIR.
“The complainant was also confronted who admitted that to avoid any query from the family, he created a dramatic scene and that the phone was never snatched,” Singh said.
In the third case, Ramesh Bahadur had made a PCR call on April 4. He reported a snatching at Bawana. Ramesh works as a security guard with a godown in Narela.
His car was involved in a road accident with a Maruti WagonR car near Ghoga Mod. In a fit of rage, the owner of the WagonR took his mobile phone and Rs 2,080 in cash, but Ramesh told police that he was a victim of snatching.
“We tracked the phone, but it was surprising to see that it was still with the complainant,” Singh added. On being questioned with evidence, Ramesh admitted that it was a case of road rage, and he lodged the FIR just to take revenge from the WagonR driver.