Two Afghan nationals, have been arrested in connection with a theft of 6,900 US dollars, Rs1.22 lakh of Indian currency and a gold chain worth Rs1.68 lakh, from a shop run by a fellow Afghan in South Delhi's lajpat Nagar area.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-East, Romil Baniya said the Afghan national Ahmad Fawed Ahnadri, owner of Mazaar Rsaurant in lapat Nagar-II, lodged a complaint with police accusing his two employees identified as Zakriya Hamraj and Shahim Halim, both natives of Afghanistan, of stealing Rs3 lakh and 10,000 US Dollars from his restaurant on December 16.
The theft which took place around 4.30 pm on the day was captured by CCTV camera installed in the shop.
Ahmad suspected that the accused persons may run away to Gurgaon as their brother is working in a restaurant there. A case was registered on his complaint at lajpat Nagar police station and investigation was undertaken.
There was no clue about the whereabouts of the accused as address given by them was found fake and their mobile phones were switched off. The police team received information through sources that both the accused were trying to escape back to Afghanistan. It was also revealed that both accused have no valid visa and passport, so they would try to escape via Nepal.
During investigation police learnt that Zakriya Hamraj is trying to cross Indian border via Sonauli in UP's Maharajganj. He was later caught by a Delhi police team from there on December 31.
Zakariya came to Delhi in 2015 on a tourist visa and started working at Ahmad's Mazar resturant. His brother lives in Gurgaon on a UN refugee card and he also works in a restaurant there.
He admitted during interrogation that along-with Shahim Halim, he hatched a conspiracy to steal money and valuables from the shop.
Shahim who was born in Baghlan in Afghanistan, came to Delhi in April 2015 and started working as a helper in kitchen of Mazarr restaurant. He was arrested from Mahipalpur on the instance of Zakariya, on January 3.