Hitchhiker held on charge of theft

A 28-year-old younker was arrested by the Thoppumpady constabulary for allegedly stealing a mobile telephone from a antheral aft hitch-hiking connected his motorbike.

The arrested is Munzil T.S. of Kochangady, Mattanchery. The alleged incidental happened connected February 2, 2026. According to the police, the accused got a assistance from the complainant from adjacent Karuvelippady autobus stop. He got down adjacent a barroom astatine Thoppumpady and arsenic the complainant attended a telephone call, helium snatched the telephone and ran away, they said.