A 30-year-old man working at a laundry shop in IC Colony, Borivli West, fabricated a robbery story, claiming that two people on a bike held him at gunpoint and stole Rs 1,500 from the shop’s drawer. Despite his tale, the shop owner didn’t believe him and chose not to report it to the police. However, the laundry worker continued sharing the fake story with shop visitors and local watchmen. One visitor believed him and spread the story, which soon went viral in a local IC Colony residents’ group.

The viral message reached the police and Crime Branch, who rushed to the laundry shop to investigate. After reviewing CCTV footage, officers found that no such incident had occurred. Upon interrogation, the worker confessed to making up the entire story. The laundry worker, identified as Ramesh Kanojia, had been employed at the shop for 10 years. Originally from Uttar Pradesh, Kanojia admitted to fabricating the story because he feared his boss would scold him after he lost Rs 1,500 from the shop’s drawer.