Youth disguised as attendant steals patient's mobile phone at Royapettah GH
On the morning of December 11, he noticed his phone was missing and filed a complaint with the police;
Government Royapettah Hospital
CHENNAI: A 23-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly stealing an in-patient's mobile phone at the Government Royapettah Hospital (GRH).
Mohammed Javed of Royapettah assumed the disguise of a patient's attendant and roamed the hospital wards. He stole the mobile phone of D Madurai (48) of Palavakkam.
Madurai was undergoing treatment at the hospital. On the morning of December 11, he noticed his phone was missing and filed a complaint with the police.
The GRH Police registered a case and used the CCTV footage to zero in on the suspect. Mohammed was traced and nabbed on Sunday. He was produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.
Further investigations are ongoing to find out if he was involved in similar incidents in GRH or other government hospitals.
