Fear crippled the judgement of a 17-year-old boy after he lost Rs 34,000 his father had given him, in a brawl with his girlfriend’s family, and he filed a fake case of robbery with Bandra police against two unknown people on Saturday. But the Crime Branch soon got him to spit out the truth and confess he did that, as he was too scared to tell his father the truth.

The minor’s father, a garment businessman, had given his son Rs 34,000 to pay a Bandra-based fabric supplier. But soon after the boy left his house in Mumbra to make the payment, relatives of his girlfriend caught him and thrashed him as they were against their relationship. In this commotion, the minor either lost or someone stole the money.