I was reading a news story on NDTV.com about Rs. 140 crore worth jewellery being robbed from a Kanpur shop that had closed down five years ago! Yes, it seems the partners running the shop had a big dispute and decided to close the shop in 2013. But, as bitterly feuding friends-turned-foes, each of them probably insisted that no one touched the stock, until their case was decided. And precious goods of such a high value were left in that shop for five years.
A Kanpur court recently ordered the shop be opened in police presence. But, according to the news report, the jewellery was stolen just a few days before the shop was opened. Now, how the reporter reached this conclusion is strange to say the least, considering that the police are yet to go through the CCTV cameras around the shop. They have promised they will. Soon.
Meanwhile, as comments on online news stories go, I was expecting most of the 4 comments on this one to be sarcastic, amusing or written in wonderment of the land that is India (in the 'It happens only in India' mien). However, one of the comments took a potshot at a file photo carried alongside the story by NDTV, showing some Kanpur policemen standing on some street. No relevance to the story whatsoever, except that they are cops. The commentator noted that the photograph has B612 stamped on it in the right hand corner and wondered why the cops had used B612 app to take the photo.
Here's where it went from bizarre to bizarrer for me, as I had never heard of this app. Turns out that it is a highly popular mobile app (more than 5 million downloads) among youngsters for taking selfies as it provides several filters and special effects when taking them. As to why the cops would use such an app to take their own pictures while on duty will forever remain a mystery to me.
But, then again, you learn something new every day.
A Kanpur court recently ordered the shop be opened in police presence. But, according to the news report, the jewellery was stolen just a few days before the shop was opened. Now, how the reporter reached this conclusion is strange to say the least, considering that the police are yet to go through the CCTV cameras around the shop. They have promised they will. Soon.
Meanwhile, as comments on online news stories go, I was expecting most of the 4 comments on this one to be sarcastic, amusing or written in wonderment of the land that is India (in the 'It happens only in India' mien). However, one of the comments took a potshot at a file photo carried alongside the story by NDTV, showing some Kanpur policemen standing on some street. No relevance to the story whatsoever, except that they are cops. The commentator noted that the photograph has B612 stamped on it in the right hand corner and wondered why the cops had used B612 app to take the photo.
Here's where it went from bizarre to bizarrer for me, as I had never heard of this app. Turns out that it is a highly popular mobile app (more than 5 million downloads) among youngsters for taking selfies as it provides several filters and special effects when taking them. As to why the cops would use such an app to take their own pictures while on duty will forever remain a mystery to me.
But, then again, you learn something new every day.
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