The Delhi Police arrested two persons in connection with theft at an elderly woman’s house in West Delhi’s Kirti Nagar area, police said on Friday. According to the police, the woman was cancer-stricken and was living with her two granddaughters after the death of her husband and her only son to cancer. According to Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), the accused are Mohd Illiyas(40) and
Mohd Habibul (22).
The robbery took place on the intervening night of January 22 and 23 at the house of a senior citizen in Kirti Nagar. The woman, Sudesh Bhutani reported to the police that she lives with her teenage granddaughters. Around 3am, she heard the footsteps of some people inside her house. She found that two men were allegedly trying the break the safe of the front room.
She tried to talk to the accused but they allegedly pointed a knife at her and threatened her to hand over to them all the valuables or they will kill her. They tied her to a chair with pieces of cloth, took the keys of the safe and they fled from the spot taking away all the valuables. She reported the matter to the police on the morning of January 23.
“Keeping in mind the sensitivity of the case of robbery at the house of a senior citizen, police formed a team. During investigation, technical surveillance was mounted and police found that the accused were equipped with house breaking tools. Criminals with a similar modus operandi were rounded up and interrogated. Based on a tip off, the police team conducted raids at the hideouts of the accused and both Mohammad Illiyas and Mohd. Habibul were arrested,” said the DCP.