At a time when the staff from Bandra traffic division was busy with bandobast on New Year's eve, a man walked into their office and scooted off with a warden's bike.

When the cops retrieved his mobile number and head constable Ashok Dongre persuaded him to visit him, the history-sheeter rode the same two-wheeler from his home at Kasaiwada in Kurla till Mahim creek before walking up to the destination.