India, June 25 -- Two boys, aged five and nine years, were booked for allegedly stealing a scooter after breaking its lock easily, in Ashok Vihar Phase III in Sector 5 of the city, police said on Monday.

The incident took place at about 1.40pm on Sunday when the vehicle owner Rajendra Pal Singh Chauhan, 58, was at home and his two-wheeler was parked outside his house.

Police said when Chauhan stepped out of his house to go to the market, he found the scooter missing.

He questioned his children and some workers engaged in construction work at his house to find out if they had seen anyone taking it. However, they could not provide any information following which he scanned the CCTV camera footage and found that two minors, both below 10 ...