Dimapur, Dec. 5 (EMN): The Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has on Tuesday conveyed that it was appalled by an incident in Mokokchung town on December 5 in which a teenage school dropout committed a grab-and-run shoplifting, an offence unheard of in Mokokchung until recently according to the MCCI.
The chamber stated that the juvenile criminal walked into a mobile phone store like any other ordinary customer and asked the salesperson for a particular brand of Smartphone worth INR 20,000. When the salesman showed him the phone as requested, he snatched the phone from the salesman and fled.
The culprit was chased for about 100 metres and overpowered by the salesman and some alarmed passers-by. He was then handed over to the police for further necessary action.
It may be mentioned that similar grab-and-run shoplifting crime had happened at least three times in the recent past in Mokokchung town. In all of those instances, it was juveniles ‘brazenly stealing’ Smartphones in broad daylight.
The MCCI felt that increasing rates of juvenile delinquency is a matter of serious concern and that it warrants the attention of all parents, authority concerned and civil society. It also called upon its members to be more vigilant.
Further, the MCCI warned that anybody caught engaging in any form of crime against the business community in Mokokchung would be dealt with ‘severely’ without any leniency.
