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t isn't just vehicles that choke the roads leading to one of the largest outer ring roads clusters in the city. Underneath the bumperto-bumper traffic, a common sight on the stretch between Silk Board junction, Bellandur, and now in HSR are tiny nails strewn on the road in the hope that one man's misery will be another's business opportunity. Suresh and Nazima, are techies who for the past two years has been scouring the streets during their commute to and from work, says they found a “record” 1,500 nails on the stretch last Thursday. 'Largest find'
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Mr. Suresh says the largest find since he began this nail scouring exercise using a magnetic contraption he had created. According to Mr. Suresh, the number
out 14 punctures. I got a call and looks like he took the advantage of this situation and the rate per puncture is Rs. 80. Surprising persistence While the 'nail mafia' is not new there have been arrests in the past its persistence is surprising. Modus operandi
would have been higher if he didn't have to stop the search after 45 minutes as his 'nail pouch' was full. Since January, he has collected more than 6 kg of nails – a majority from this small Outer Ring Road stretch. “I remove them in the morning, but next morning they are back on the same spots. This is not just one or two shops…many view this as a business
tactic,” he said. On April-2nd I too became victim of this fraud, near HSR bus depot there are two puncture shops diagonally opposite. I noticed the pressure in driver side tyre is bit less and stopped for checking the same. The puncture shop guy checked and said it is a puncture. Then he dismantled the tyre and during inspection, he found
The modus operandi is almost always the same. The car gets punctured, a 'good Samaritan' directs the motorist to a nearby mechanic. The mechanic gets steady business and the good Samaritan gets a commission. “We believed that the racket had subsided. But once we verify that nails are again being thrown on the roads, we will start the exercise again,” a senior police officer told Garden City Plus.