Phone Stealing Gang at Shaheed Sthal Metro Station
TLDR: Friend's phone got stolen at Shaheed Sthal metro, no FIR lodged. Stay safe out there, specially at this metro station. Don't trust the authorities.
My friend's phone got stolen today at the Shaheed Sthal Metro station in the morning (8:15 a.m) while boarding. (The station master told him that 4-5 phones are being stolen there everyday btw)
He went to lodge an FIR at his nearest police station, they told him to go to some other police station. (I won't be naming any of those for obvious reasons) He went to the said police station, and guess what- to no one's surprise, they refused to lodge an FIR.
They said that the best they can do is lodge a Lost Phone complaint, but they won't lodge a Stolen Phone FIR. They gave BS reasons like "We have to verify that the phone was stolen and it would take a lot of time" and told him that if he wants to get his phone traced asap then the best option would be to file a Lost phone complaint. My friend obviously agreed.
About 30 minutes later, he was able to track his phone by himself using Google Find My Device. the last location of the phone where it was switched off was the Mohan Nagar Metro station at around 10 am.
Now this is where it gets interesting. At around 3:30 pm, his phone was turned on again. He rushed to the police station telling them that he got the current location the exact coordinates. But, they refused to do anything again. they simply said that they would use their own tracking systems to track the device, and theyll be doing this at night. They said that they cant follow any random tracking systems. (They literally said "Bhaiya tum log hi saara kaam khudse krloge phone track bhi krloge sab kuch krloge to ham kya krenge tumhe sab kuch jaldi niptana hai")
And then they wonder why people are moving out of the country