The bicycle was stolen early on Friday from the porch of a multi-storey building in Palarivattom where the family lives. The thief Shaji, 56, a scrap picker hailing from Thaiparambil, Alappuzha, landed in the police net on Saturday morning.
During interrogation, the accused told cops that he had no idea how ‘precious’ the cycle was. “He used to make a living by picking up scrap in the Palarivattom area and selling the same to scrap dealer shops. He told us he stole the cycle at 4.30am on Friday while passing through the area in an inebriated condition. He had sold the same to a Fort Kochi native for around Rs 1,500,” a police officer said. The new bicycle costs around Rs 7,000.
