India, Dec. 18 -- A 21-year-old stationery shopkeeper from Marine Lines was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly coercing an 11-year-old boy to steal gold and silver jewellery from his home and hand it over to him.

According to the police, the accused Deepak Veeram Choudhary befriended the minor, who frequently visited his stationery shop, and eventually asked him about valuables kept at his house. After getting to know that the boy's father had purchased gold and silver jewellery for his sister's wedding, Choudhary forced the boy to steal it for him.

"On December 12, the boy's father, Muniraj Singh, a paper bag manufacturer, discovered that the jewellery was missing. When he questioned his wife and she broke down, the boy panicked and tol...