Indian woman caught shoplifting items worth ₹1 lakh at US target store
Interrogation video goes viral
Washington, D.C. : An Indian woman was caught red-handed while allegedly shoplifting items worth over ₹1 lakh at a Target store in the United States. According to reports, the woman admitted to having stolen the goods and was later let off with a statutory warning by the police.
A 10-minute video of her police interrogation, released by a YouTube channel named @PoliceRelease, has since gone viral. In the footage, the woman appears visibly nervous, gasping for breath, and breaking down multiple times during questioning. She identified herself as an Indian and stated that her primary language is Gujarati.
During the interrogation, officers reportedly asked if she needed medical assistance as she appeared to be hyperventilating for more than an hour. The woman also confessed that she intended to resell the stolen items. Reports further suggest that she was a regular shoplifter at the same store but had never been caught until this incident, which occurred in January this year.
While the video continues to circulate widely on social media, the authenticity of the footage has not been independently verified.
The case has sparked mixed reactions online. One user commented, “Shoplifting is actually not a very big issue there; 25% of Americans have done it at least once in their life. Police usually take action only if the products are worth $800–900. She might have crossed that threshold.”
Another user remarked, “Not sure why criminals are being connected with a country’s identity. Nobody tarnishes the image of Indians more than Indians themselves. Shoplifting is not even that big a crime for which this poor lady is being shared around.”
An Indian girl (Gujarati) was caught shoplifting in the US. She's arrested. This was viral on TikTok. pic.twitter.com/huJK9gAeZQ
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Man sets fire to gas cylinder on truck in Kerala's Kottayam, held
Kottayam(Kerala) (PTI): A 33-year-old man climbed onto a parked truck carrying cooking gas cylinders and set fire to one of them near Thalayolaparambu in the small hours of Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred around 12.30 am, they said.
The fire and rescue personnel soon arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire, averting a major disaster.
According to police, the man is suspected to be under mental distress as he claimed that he was walking from Ernakulam to his home in Marangattupilly here when he saw the truck on the roadside.
An FIR under sections 329(3)(criminal trespass),324(2)(mischief),326(f)(mischief by injury, inundation, fire or explosive substance) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was lodged against him.
Police said that the man was formally arrested, but will be released on station bail as the offences he is accused of are bailable.
"His family is here at the station and he will be released to them," the officer said.
In the FIR, police have said that the man opened the seal of one of the gas cylinders and set fire to it with the knowledge that his act was dangerous to those living in the area.
According to the company transporting the cooking gas cylinders, it suffered a loss of Rs 2,300 in the incident.
