Dehradun: Student steals gadgets to fund 'girlfriends'

DEHRADUN: 'Meagre' pocket-money of a 22-year-old Commerce student proved insufficient to handle four girlfriends, leading him to steal laptops, mobiles and other gadgets to splurge on them.
Saransh Verma, a student from a prominent college in the state capital, flicked laptops and mobiles along with his accomplice, Himanshu Saini. The duo was arrested on charges of theft on Wednesday and sent to judicial custody after they were produced before a local court.
Senior police officials said the two are historysheeters and have been arrested on charges of theft and forgery in the past as well. "We are also interrogating the two in connection with some similar thefts. At this point, we cannot rule out the possibility of their involvement in some other thefts also," SSP, Dehradun, Ajay Rautela told TOI.
Investigating officers said that Saransh stays with his family in the posh Clementown area in the city and has got four girlfriends, on whom he splurged most of the money he got after stealing the gadgets. "Saransh claims that most of the money that he got after selling off his share of the stolen gadgets was spent on his four girlfriends," Rautela added.