A watchful traffic cop has is hailed as a hero for recovered a boy’s stolen bicycle from a thief in Bandra West on Saturday. The boy had got the bicycle, worth Rs 10,000 as a gift from his mother’s employer, given to him to commute to school, barely two days before the incident, The Times of India reported.

The bicycle was parked outside Bhabha Hospital when traffic constable Mehboob Tamboli, on a bike,  saw a man in an unkempt appearance, dragging the bicycle. Tamboli parked his bike and approached the man to question him. The man then dumped the bicycle he dragged for 500m from the hospital at the spot and fled.