Fed up with the theft of his valuable cloth pieces stored in his shop in Gandhi Nagar area for the past two months, Pawan Kumar Mohta, the shop owners came up with the idea of staying inside the shop after closing it down to catch the thief red-handed. Police officials said that the beat constable, who was on patrolling duty, nabbed Rohan, the accused who once worked in the shop but was fired by his employer. Rohan had managed to commit theft in the shop and it went undetected for around two months.
In the absence of the CCTV cameras, the cloth shop owner took it upon himself to catch the thief red handed, said a senior investigator. After stealing the cloth pieces, Rohan used to sell the same at a higher price.
Sacked by his employer two months ago, before finally leaving the shop, Rohan stole the keys of the shop and in the past two months, he used to stealthily enter through the lane and make away with the cloth pieces. On Monday evening, after finding that the door of the shop was latched, Rohan entered the premises and was leaving with 55 pieces of readymade shirts.
Nupur Prasad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) said, “The accused has been identified as Rohan. He was arrested by the Gandhi Nagar police.”
“Aware that the Gandhi Nagar market is closed on Monday, Rohan came to steal the cloth pieces. He has been engaged in theft and further sold the pieces,” said a senior police officer.
Pawan Kumar Mohta had been stressed about the constant cases of theft at his shop and had informed the local police about the same.
On Monday afternoon, Beat constable while on patrolling noticed that shutter of a Ready Garment Shop was half open and some goods are being taken out of shop. Beat constable further enquired from the person who was taking out the goods from the shop, the person identified as Rohan. He told the police personnel that he is servant of this shop and is taking out goods on instruction of his employer for some supply orders. However, the beat constable caught the lie by Rohan’s face and body language. The constable further informed the shop owner.
On enquiry, Pawan revealed that Rohan used to work at his shop. During investigation, it was found that during the time Rohan was employed, he discreetly got prepared the duplicate keys of the shop and he opened the shop with the help of those duplicate keys for committing theft.
The shop owner Pawan Kumar Mohta told that earlier also he has observed that some stock of shirts from his shop is missing but could not make out how it has gone missing when every lock of shop is intact.
On interrogation Rohan Chaudhary confessed to have committed that earlier also he has twice committed theft at this shop by opening and closing the locks with help of duplicate keys.
Based on which, police registered a case under section 380 and 411 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Gandhi Nagar police station. Police have recovered two sets of duplicate keys of shop and stolen goods from the possession of the accused.