indore a 16yearold indore girls crime of desperation had an effect she never expected she stole a phone and mortgaged it so that she could pay her school fees but her victim a private detective easily tracked her down after realizing why the girl stole his phone the man decided not to go to police and gave her the money for her fees the girl got 71 in her class xi exams and was keen to study but her family couldnt spare the money for the next sessions school fees said dheeraj dubey who owns a detective agency his cellphone an expensive one was stolen on august 2 he says he gave an application to dwarkapuri police station about the theft but they couldnt get any leads i decided to investigate it myself said dubeyafter retracing his movements of that day he realized that the phone must have been stolen from his home he made a list of people who had come to his house that day and zeroed in on a woman who had come with her schoolgoing daughter after a little bit of digging he found that her husband hadnt been keeping well and his medical expenses had drained whatever meager savings they had he also discovered that the teenager was a good student and was desperate to complete her class xii i spoke to her gently she said she had scored 71 and wanted to study but she was trembling and couldnt make eye contact with me he said he asked her if she had stolen his phone and if he should speak to her father about it she broke into tears and admitted to the theftshe said she had mortgaged it for 2500 with the help of a friend so that she could pay her fee