India, Oct. 28 -- A senior police officer in Keralam has been booked for allegedly stealing a mobile phone and selling it for Rs.1,500. The accused has been identified as Y Biju, a 41-year-old officer attached to Kasaragod's Chandera police station.

According to a report in The Hindu, on October 8, a migrant worker found a phone lying on the road and handed it over to the police. Biju was on guard duty at the time. He allegedly took the phone from the drawer where it was kept in the police station and, a few days later, sold it to a resident of his village for Rs.1,500.

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A receipt of the phone was recorded in the guard duty register. Police tracked down the...