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Chennai: In a bizarre incident, a 55-year-old man on Sunday filed a complaint at a police station after he allegedly lost his slippers worth Rs 800. As per the complaint filed by Rajesh Gupta, he had gone to a private medical lab for blood test near Thiruvottiyur at around 12 noon. However, when he returned from the lab, Gupta found that his slippers were missing from the entrance.

Gupta, who is a native of Rajasthan, registered a complaint at the Tondiarpet police station. The complainant runs a bearing shop in Parrys Corner.

Gupta alleged that he had purchased the slippers just two days ago and had cost him Rs 800. “I spent Rs 800 in order to buy the chappals. I was upset when I came to know I lost them. It is hard for me to tolerate the theft,” Gupta mentioned in his complaint.

Police accepted the complaint and have made a CSR (Community Service Register) entry. “Since the lab closed early yesterday, we were not able to collect the CCTV footage”, a police officer had said on Monday.

Meanwhile, Ravindran, the Inspector of Tondiarpet police station, told Deccan Chronicle that an FIR has not been filed in the case. However, a complaint has been lodged for further probe. He added that upon an inquiry, it was found that the CCTV installed in the lab had been non-functional for the last four days.

In a similar case, the Pune Police had in October filed an FIR on the basis of a complaint made by Vishal Kalekar that his brand new sandal was stolen from outside his apartment. A case of theft under Section 379 of IPC against unidentified persons was registered.