{
  "id": 16734607,
  "title": "Police officer booked for stealing, selling lost mobile phone in Keralam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/police-officer-booked-for-stealing-selling-lost-mobile-phone-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:34:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/police-officer-booked-for-stealing-selling-lost-mobile-phone-in-keralam/article71630371.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A senior police officer from Chandera station in Kerala has been accused of stealing and selling a mobile phone obtained from a missing device. The officer, identified as Y. Biju, 41, is alleged to have taken the phone from the police station's safe on October 12 while on duty. A case was registered against him on October 27 following an inquiry by Sub-Inspector Vishnu S. Nair. The phone belonged to a Ramanthali homemaker who found it lying on the road and reported it to the station. She was supposed to collect the device the next day but did not. Biju's theft was discovered a week later when her son, Darshan, sought the phone at the station. The police traced the SIM card used in the phone to a tower in Neerchal, leading them to suspect Muhammad Aris, who handed over the device to the police on October 24. CCTV footage allegedly showed Biju removing the phone and SIM card from the drawer and breaking the SIM card into pieces. The mobile phone, SIM card, and related records have been used in the investigation, and the phone has been recovered. Further investigation is ongoing.",
  "summary": "The phone worth around ₹10,000 had been handed over to police station after being found on the road",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}