Lucknow: A 20-year-old student in a college in Bareilly district has been arrested along with his friends for stealing mobile phones, purses and a bike. He said he had taken to theft because he needed money for his girlfriend’s abortion.
The student Aman Patel has been arrested along with his friends Pawan Kumar and Anurag Sharma who formed a gang to steal. According to SP city Sameer Saurabh, an FIR was lodged a few days ago regarding the theft of a bike.
“The victim informed us that he had seen a youth driving his bike near Lal Fatak area. We arrested Pawan Kumar from the locality along with the bike and during interrogation, he revealed the names of his friends. Aman Patel and Anurag Sharma were arrested later”, the police official said here.
When asked why he committed the crime, Patel confessed that his girlfriend was pregnant and he wanted money to help her get an abortion done, the police official further added.
