Speaking of bad ends...

Occupants of the third floor flat #302 were out for an overnight stay. And Baburam changed his job profile from guard to thief. That night, when everyone was asleep, he climbed the stairs, broke the lock, and entered the empty flat.

Once inside, he collected what he could. An old tape recorder, a few utensils, used clothes, afterwards the loot was valued at $11. He put the booty in a bag, and suddenly the spirit of Darwin possessed him.

Instead of retreating back down the stairs, he climbed down the drain pipes. And, to keep his hands free, he hung the bag around his neck.

The guard-cum-thief had only descended a short distance when the bag became stuck on the parapet wall. While attempting to free the bag, his hands slipped from the pipe, and suddenly his treasure became a noose. Although he struggled and flailed, it was ultimately to no avail.

The residents should rightly be annoyed at their security agency, not only for employing a thief to guard their homes, but also a fool.

Now here's one more candidate for Darwin award. I know its bit late to submit but ...........

This guy named Baburam Harijan was on earth till the age of 32, was working as a security guard for one of the building at Mira Road at outskirts of Mumbai. His job provided him of the information on occupants who are in or out of the building.

When one of the occupants on 3rd flr flat no. 302 were on outing for an overnight stay, our thought of changing his job profile from a guard to thief. So at night when everyone was asleep he went to the particular flat (of course by the stairs), broke open the lock & got the entry inside. Where he collected whatever the junk he can like a old taperecorder, few utensils, cloths, etc. & put it in a bag. Thats when the spirit of Darwin possesed him.

So instead of going down through the stairs he thought of acting like filmy thief & started climbing down using the drain pipes. To keep his hands free for holding the pipes he had hanged the bag around his neck on his back.

Now he had descended a very short distance when the bag got stuck on the parapet wall which was beside the pipelines and this guy was unable to move down. In desperation of removing the bag, he left the pipe & at that moment the bag which like a treasure to him acted as a noose and strangled him to death.

There were marks showing that he had struggled a lot to release himself but the nature was keen to remove him from the gene pool.

BTW the treasure for which he had gone through all this, when claculated the cost did not worth more thanRs.500/- i.e; $11.

Wondering if the residents had sacked the agency not for a thief like this but for keeping a fool like this to guard their houses.

This story can be confirmed on mumbaimirror.com

Submitted on 10/30/2007

Submitted by: Amol Patil
Reference: Mumbai Mirror, Dt : 24/6/06

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Chip said:
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Amol, I like this story. Thanks for sending it.

Bruce said:
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Well I couldn't get the supplied link to work but after a bit of searching I found the article here. The amazing thing is that they even included a photograph of the victim hanging from the bag! Thanks, Amol!

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