Hanumanganj police have arrested a miscreant who escaped with a wallet carrying Rs 8000 and documents at Ghora Nakkas on October 24; accused threatened victim with a sharp edged weapon when he tried to catch him after the incident, accused accepted two burglaries committed in the past which are under investigation.
A complaint was lodged by Aslam Ali of Teelajmalpura that at around 10.45 pm, he was watching mobile with friends at a mobile shop near Ghoda Nakkash Kamali Mandir, when an unknown person put hand in the back pocket of trousers and when he looked back, he saw a boy running away and he caught him but the boy took out a sharp edged weapon threatened him and fled away with the wallet and documents.
Victim approached the police and after preliminary investigation the police registered a case under section 382 of the IPC and started investigation.
According to the complaint given by the complainant in the case, the points involved in the festival arrangements were alerted and immediately activated to nab the suspected accused as a result of which the police team involved in the market system duty tracked the accused.
The accused was identified as Arafat Khan (19) of Housing Board Colony Aishbagh and when he was quizzed he accepted the crime and told that the cash amount kept in the pocket of the complainant was kept hidden in the graveyard.
During further investigation, the accused accepted two incidents of burglaries in the Hamidia road area. The accused Arafat Khan is habitually addicted to drugs and by intimidating the people he would carry robbery and theft.