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USo, my watchman’s kid keyed my car. Initially, we didn’t know who did it due to the lack of CCTV cameras. As a result, my flat owner made the watchman vacate the building, telling him, “You are of no use.”
There are only two occupied flats in the building and three cars in the parking lot. After being asked to vacate, the kid continued coming to the apartment after school and started keying my car. Yesterday, since I had taken my car out, he couldn’t find it, so instead, he completely keyed and damaged my neighbor’s car with a brick.
Today, my flat owner visited the building to check on an issue. While he was sitting inside his car, the kid came and peed behind the car on the wall. Later, he went to check the W.C.—possibly to see what had happened with the brick he had placed earlier in the commode (he did not pee in the W.C.). After that, he approached the car but must have seen my flat owner’s head inside, so he silently walked away. My flat owner secretly recorded all of this from his side mirrors.
The CCTV cameras are scheduled to be installed tomorrow. In the meantime, I placed one of my old phones inside my car at an angle to record through the back windshield.
What are my options to take action against this kid, with or without proof? These people are never going to compensate me—not even ₹1,000. I had always treated this kid with affection, giving him kites, crackers, and chocolates, yet he still does this. He is in 9th grade, and this is the kind of mentality he has.
How can I ensure he gets punished or compensates me? Hopefully, he will come tomorrow and get caught on camera.
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UThe 9th grade student (aint balak budhi) knows what he is doing and what the result will be. But I guess no one is reprimanding him for this incident; he is enjoying it.
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UExactly, this should be addressed. Kid or not, this should not be encouraged, this kid can do worse further after growing up.
Aren’t there any Juvenile laws against these stuff?
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YEven if he does go to Juvie/Remand, there’s a chance he’ll come out of there a hardened criminal. Youngsters like these get recruited by actual criminals.
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UJuvi for keying the car seriously?
How about owner talk to him and give some earful or little dharana dhamaka types by owner to him or his parents.-
UDharana Dhamkana is a very minimal thing which had already crossed our minds, It takes around 40k or more to repaint my Skoda. I think I definitely need to file a police complaint atleast for the insurance’s sake.
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UPls don’t do this. Violence is never the answer and this is a good way to get a POSCO case filed against you
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CSometimes being kind is their advantage.
I would recommend you take the kid to his father and scold for his action in front of the kid. Next time, he will remember it. -
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DI lived in a fairly big society with 300 plus apartments with covered car parking in basement (no cctv beyond lift lobby). Bought new car, black color seltos gtx, kids from these upper middle class families, going to international schools and getting the best education, keyed my car and removed gtx logo (paint chipped while removing it). Car was barely 15 days old.
So the society we live in is rotten, education and financial background doesn’t matter.
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UNAL
Almost the same thing happened with me…
Our watchman’s son used to change the gear of my bicycle so it used to get damaged.
this happened for 2-3 times and each time it cost me 1k each time. and also my father’s response was very cold that’s why i think this happened again and again.
so i decided to take matters into my own hand. as i was already on edge i yelled at him not to do this again.
so in return this time they broke the mud pad of my bicycle(probably the watchman ’cause the kid is school going) also the watchman is backed by the secretary so he and his family lives rent free in the parking area they have made brick built house(pakka makan) they have fridge, tv. they don’t pay the light bill, water tax, maintenance nothing…so this time i told my father not to pay the maintenance for two months. also in the apartment meeting i suggested to install the CCTV. other members backed my demand/req and now we have CCTV in the parking area.
and most of my headache is gone!!!
so in short unless and until there are consequences for the actions they won’t stop it no matter how many times you talk to them nicely,make them feel one of us, give them gifts nothing matters. (laatho ke bhooth baato se nahi maante)P.S. we didn’t pay two months of maintenance and installed CCTV in the parking area.
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U> As a result, my flat owner made the watchman vacate the building, telling him, “You are of no use.”
You can’t dole out terminal punishment on the first mistake, that too not even of the person but his kid’s. You could’ve just docked part of his pay. You’ve left him nothing to lose by firing him altogether. What do you want police will do, imprison this kid?? You realize there are far worse crimes happening in India right?
I would suggest you let this go. In fact get hid dad his job back. Or at least explain to them it wasn’t your decision.
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UThat guy won’t open the gate, he goes for construction coolie work in the day so he is almost always unavailable, he is drunk almost all the time in the night, with smoked beedis and eaten guthka packets all over the parking lot, more than once my sister got out of her office cab and she found the watchman laying on the floor drunk af without senses. My sister’s escort , the security which her IT company provides for late night cabs, scolded this guy multiple times. Our apartment is at the dead end of the lane and the only way to reverse the car especially an SUV is to open our gate and my sister would open the gate for her cab to take reverse, the security guards would wait till my sister comes home and signals from the second floor that she is safe, the security guard used to shout on this watchman because he just used to sit there while my sister used to do the hard work of opening and closing gates.
On day 1 of us moving here we had some huge cement flower pots. With well grown plants, 3 pots. My parents couldn’t carry them as they were really heavy so they left it in the ground floor and I had a lot of work so I was working from a cafe and I had come home late, next day morning the watchman’s wife says someone must have jumped the wall at the other side and stole these pots, those were really heavy at-least 2 people’s help would have needed to lift it up. We said then only, “what if we book a gas cylinder and leave it here, what use are you people of if a thievery happens on day one”. We informed this to our owner and he still did not install cctv then. Recently my neighbour had went to his village for a while, somebody stole their flower pots and door mat.
He provides absolutely zero security.I have to park my car in a very tight spot, he would put a stool in my path, that’s his usual place to sit, he wouldn’t move until I open my window and ask him to. He wouldn’t come and open the gate, He wouldn’t close the gate after I parked. They picked fights with all other owners in the area.
Just imagine a creepy guy drunk af staring at you or your friends whenever you come home. Everybody who used to come here were in awe of this guy’s behaviour. His wife randomly came to our house one day and started shouting on us demanding money for a broom. With least bit of politeness. Although we had no power on firing them, they were a nuisance. Initially we had paid their current and water bill, they ran broken coolers in the summers and water heater in the winter.
Since only 2 flats were occupied we paid our electricity bill and the common electricity bill of 2k. Just imagine that. Later we complained that we wouldn’t pay the common electricity bill, we will only pay the maintenance. My owner and the other occupied flat’s owner(my owner’s sister) split the rest of the bill after deducting our maintenance.
Random people used to come on our terrace along with that kid, we warned them so many times not to bring strangers into the apartment. But that kid wouldn’t listen. That kid is in 9th but those random people were 3-4 years older than him.
They were a nuisance from day one. There were plenty of safety issues. I’m happy they are gone to be honest.
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UNAL
To file a juvenile complaint, you should first report the matter to the local police station, who will then likely involve the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB). If the alleged offense is serious, an FIR may be filed, but the case will be handled with a child-friendly approach, not an adversarial one
If you care about the kid, then there are many NGO’s/pro bono clinics of law schools that deal with children in conflict with law (kid criminals) that will know the best way to rehabilitate them.
Do you know the childs parents? Mostly kids act out either if they have been exposed to gangs or abuse is going on at home. If you want to invest the time you can talk to family and explain the consequenses of their childs actions in the presence of a witness (in case they try to file a false case against you on the basis of lies).
I guess you can file for damages through a civil suit but i am not sure if the parents will be liable. Talk to a lawyer and they will be able to guide you
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UAhh! The first legal advice I got on this channel, rest of the thread was saying “slap the kid”.
Is it possible to get some kind of monetary compensation for the damages. I can be friendly to a point but my neighbour’s car has been scratched on every single panel. I don’t think he can remain calm. Is the current proof enough? He was not got caught red handedly, we have installed cctv cameras now and are waiting for 3.30pm. For his school to be done and him to come and do this all over again. What happens if he does not come, can we still take juvi action on this kid, I want him to taste the consequences of his actions. His entire school is like that, bunch of misfits, one of them was our maid’s son, I tried to tutor these people to put them in some kind of good path but it did not work and I gave up. But I don’t want to end this in silence. There should be some kind of punishment
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Ufor damages, i highly suggest you speak to a lawyer for damages through a civil suit. However, considering the parents are poor, the success of this suit is doubtful.
I am NAL but considering they have destroyed your property and tried to ruin the peace of the locality, you can also try and get compensation through a criminal complaint. The Juvenile Justice Act will apply for criminal cases with regards to children. If he runs away and does not come back from school the police needs to be involved and they will do the needful under the juvenile justice act. They will catch him and reproduce him infront of the Child Welfare Committees (CWC) that will either send him to a childs home or release him under certain conditions (community service, etc).
If you want to get compensation through a non legal route, get the school involved. Use them to get the parents understand. you can also use the school to punish the child.
CCTV footage is enough evidence, you dont need to catch him red handed. Witness deposition of various locality members will also work if you dont have CCTV footage. i am assuming that you and the flat owner have directly seen him destroying property. If you havent, there are high chances your case will not be accepted.
However, i dont know why a child who you have showed so much love is acting like this. I would advise (again iam NAL) to get a NGO involved so they can rehabilitate him and make sure he doesnt go down a criminal path. usually they give these children vocational training to keep them off the streets. Who knows who is influencing him.
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