Why did top industrialist 'steal' a BlackBerry?

Updated On: 04 November, 2009 07:35 AM IST | | MiD DAY Correspondent

Sanjay Somany, owner of Rs 1,000-crore company, held for 'stealing' passenger's phone; businessman says it was a mistake

Why did top industrialist 'steal' a BlackBerry?

Sanjay Somany, owner of Rs 1,000-crore company, held for 'stealing' passenger's phone; businessman says it was a mistakeu00a0

When an official of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) called out to industrialist Sanjay Somany at the Indira Gandhi International Airport's domestic terminal on Monday morning, reminding him of the BlackBerry he had 'forgotten' at the security counter, the businessman didn't think twice before picking up the phone. The managing director of one of India's largest glass manufacturing companies had no idea his action would land him in jail and brand him a 'thief.'