Boy's lie brings chaos into village

Aizawl, June 27 (UNI) It was the Aesop's fable retold at Kulkulh village under Khawzawl police station on Aizawl-Champhai road, where a chaos prevailed due to a minor's lie.

The boy reported to the village leaders that he had been robbed by two unidentified men while he was alone in the house yesterday.

He said after the ''miscreants'' tied him up and muffled him, they searched for the key to the safe which they found it from under the pillow. ''Then they took all the money from the safe and fled on a bike,'' he reportedly said.

He incidentally described the two ''miscreants' as one being long-haired and the other short-haired.

The villagers informed the Khawzawl police station. Later, a rumour spread that the police had nabbed the ''thieves'' which brought Kulkulh villagers to Khawzawl only to learn that no thief had been arrested, but the police were still on the lookout.

However, suspecting something fishy, a police officer from Khawzawl rushed to Kaulkulh village where he questioned the boy.

The boy broke down and confessed that he had lied and that it was him who had stolen the money and hidden it in a box.

The missing money had been recovered from where the boy had said, it would be.

The boy had been taken by the Khawzawl police. ''Even though he is a minor, a case can be filed against him since he gave us false information,'' Khawzawl police OC was quoted as saying.

''The boy's lie had almost brought us into bigger trouble as we would have mistakenly arrested a long-haired man who lived in a neighbouring village and owns a similar bike. If, for instance, that person happens to pass by the village, he would surely have been in trouble,'' an angry village leader said.

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