While dramas are regularly played out inside a courtroom, a theatrical episode transpired outside the Vikhroli courthouse yesterday. An alleged drug addict’s histrionics at the court premises held the local residents and police sway for one hour, as he attempted to steal a ceiling fan from the courthouse.

Uday Ibrampurkar points to the spot where the thief had thrown the fan from the Vikhroli court building. Pic/Suresh KK