Delhi

Burglar held from Sheikh Sarai, 600 Pounds, 8 mobile phones recovered

SRISHTI GARG

The Special Staff of South District arrested a burglar involved in nine cases of theft on Sunday night. Deputy Commissioner of Police, South District, Ishwar Singh said that the accused has been identified as 28-year-old Sunny Seikh alias Munna and he was apprehended from Mother Dairy at Sheikh Sarai in Delhi on specific inputs and 600 Pounds, one I-Pad and 8 mobile phones were recovered.

In order to curb burglary incidents in the area, a team was constituted to identify the accused involved. All jail releases were scrutinised and Prisoner Maintenance System effectively used to compile a list of burglars recently released from the prison cells. Special sources were then deployed to track their movements.

“Sheikh, a resident of Roshan Colony in Haryana, was found to be guilty of a series of burglaries in South Delhi in this search. The long list of burglaries by him also included a burglary at the Safdarjung Enclave situated house of an ex-MlA, Ram Bajaj in which 600 pounds, one Apple I-Pad and some important documents were stolen in the intervening night of 28-29 June this year,” said DCP Ishwar Singh.

Munna works without any associate in these lawbreaking escapades, the DCP added.