Why did top industrialist 'steal' a BlackBerry?

Delhi: Fifty-One-year-old Sanjay Somany, the owner of a Rs 1,000-crore company was arrested at the Delhi airport on Monday evening for allegedly stealing the BlackBerry phone of a fellow passenger. A case under Sections 380 (theft) and 411 (retaining or receiving stolen property) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against him. He was produced before the Dwarka court on Tuesday and was released on bail.
The police said closed-circuit security cameras recorded footage of Somany picking up the BlackBerry phone at the airport.
Allegedly, Somany said he had not 'stolen' the phone. "Somany said while he was being frisked by security men at the Delhi airport, a CISF official pointed out to him that he had left his phone behind. Somany said he hurried back to the security counter and picked up the phone, without realising it belonged to someone else," said the cop.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airport) KC Dwivedi said, "We have arrested Sanjay Somany and produced him before the court on Tuesday. He belongs to the Somany family and owns a glass manufacturing company."
According to the police, NK Puri, a passenger, lodged a police complaint on Monday that his BlackBerry phone had been stolen. Puri was flying from Delhi to Mumbai on Air India's IC 688 flight, which was scheduled to leave Delhi at 6.30 am on Monday.
Cops said during interrogation, Somany revealed he had picked up the phone by mistake and became aware of his slip-up later.
".. while returning to Delhi from Chennai, he realised he had picked up somebody's phone. His became suspicious when he was questioned at the Chennai airport by a security man," said a police official involved in the investigation. "In the aircraft, Somany hid the phone in the toilet. When the flight landed at Delhi airport at around 9 pm, he was detained at the airport by the CISF. The phone was found in the aircraft," the official said.
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Categories: Airports Nov 2009