‘Unsafe for tourists’: Woman on Varanasi trip shares video of thief stealing her iPhone 13
New Delhi: A woman who had recently visited Varanasi for a pilgrimage trip with her parent shared her ‘traumatic’ experience on social media, saying a thief stole her iPhone 13 she bought four months ago and the Uttar Pradesh Police did not take any action even after the pickpocket was identified.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the woman said that her pilgrimage trip to Varanasi and the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple turned into a ‘traumatic criminal experience’ for her and her family. ‘Such people near the temple arena demean the sanctity of the place and make it unsafe for tourists who want to visit for spiritual purposes,’ she said.
Woman narrates harrowing experience
In a series of posts on X, the woman, who goes by the name Sarah, narrated the entire incident and also shared CCTV footage showing the pickpocket stealing her mobile phone in a crowded street. As per her post, the incident took place on January 29.
The CCTV footage shows a man wearing a black sweatshirt, pulling her four-month-old iPhone 13 out of her pocket and walking away. She was having street food with her parents when the thief stole her phone. She realised that her phone was missing a couple of minutes later and subsequently lodged an FIR at the nearest police station.
‘My 4 month old Iphone 13 got pickpocketed from Varanasi Nai Sarak Chowk (near Kashi Vishwanath & Dashashwamedh Ghat). I have it on CCTV, I have the location of it, we filed an FIR, but UP Police is unable to help me,’ she said in her post.
