After letting off a boy who was detained for riding a two-wheeler without a number plate, an assistant police inspector could not shake off the feeling in his bones, that something was not right. And they were right. An ossification test proved that the accused was 19-years-old, after which he was arrested.

The Amboli police also found he had been let off at least 30 times during night patrolling, and had got out of eight cases - including chain-snatching, mobile and two-wheeler theft - by producing a letter from his school with his birthdate that showed he was 16. Police are verifying the letter.