Beware at Bommanahalli Junction, Mobile Thieves are too smart

On my way to office on a daily root in my Maruti 800, I was stopped by the traffic light in Bommanahalli junction. The passenger seat window was rolled down. It was typical traffic at Bommanahalli junction people moving around across the road without caring about the traffic, there are vendors selling and autos trying cut across the road…

I had kept my Samsung Corby Pro mobile phone on Dashboard on the left side.

The traffic light turned green and vehicles started moving slowly, I saw one guy walking towards my vehicle on the right side and he was very close to the Car and almost bumped into the side mirror. As the traffic was moving, I started moving very slowly and suddenly realized, Car’s back wheel went on a small hump. The same guy came to me and said, Sir, you just went over my foot, can’t you see? I got little worried and told him why you came so close to the car when the traffic is moving, I yelled at him. He ignored me, and as the traffic picked the pace, I could not stop and drove away to office. It all happened in less than 2-3 minutes.

 

Thought kept coming to me, as I felt bad that I just ran over someone’s foot. I went to office and realized that I haven’t taken my phone from the Car, went back to the Car to realize, I just lost the phone.

For a while I was shocked not for losing the phone but on the plot these con men laid to steal the phone. I got to hear the same story from one of my friends again from the same location and thought I should write about it and spread the awareness. This time traffic thieves were able to distract attention even when my friend had his wife sitting next to her in the Alto car. The passenger window was rolled down just enough for a hand to slide in.

Here is how the targets are chosen by the con man

1. You are driving a small car and have the left side of the window rolled down (does not matter if you have someone sitting next to you)
2. Stuck in the traffic light in the Bommanahalli junction, below the flyover (this could be on both places, you are either on the Begur road trying to go on Hosur road or you are on Hosur road trying to come inside Begur road)
3. You have a smart phone which is kept near to the left window or on the dashboard

Were you victim of such misdeed? Let’s avoid such instance by spreading this message.