Pratham khanna@Portfolio_Bull
30-year-old Shivaji Rathod ran a small roadside shop in Pune.
One day he visited hospital for serious treatment.
After treatment, he was handed a bill of nearly ₹7 lakh.
Unable to pay, Shivaji came up with a desperate plan.
He watched online videos, spent ₹400 on pipes, wires and a timer, built a fake bomb, and secretly placed it near the hospital's ICU.
Then he called the hospital and demanded ₹7 lakh, threatening an explosion.
The plan might have worked.
But while building the fake bomb, he ran out of tape.
So he walked into a nearby stationery shop and made a ₹15 UPI payment to buy more.
That tiny transaction helped police trace his identity, track his movements through CCTV and arrest him at Nagpur Railway Station.
He tried to escape a ₹7 lakh bill.
A ₹15 payment got him caught. 🤐