A 42-year-old criminal who claimed he was deaf and mute had a miraculous ‘recovery’ when cops produced him before his brother. On October 22, Dadar Government Railway police (GRP) arrested the man – an accused in a bag-lifting case. When police officials tried interrogating him, the crook flashed a phoney letter from a municipal hospital, certifying him as deaf-mute.

“Though he was a robber, we had a soft corner for him because of his disability. We had even offered him biryani when he asked for it,” said an officer from Dadar GRP.