Chandigarh police arrested a habitual criminal while committing robbery in a house at Sector-23. The accused has been arrested for the fourth time for the same offence, said police on Tuesday. The arrested accused has been identified as Agwinder Singh and he has a good educational background. Police said he started committing robberies to fulfil his needs of drugs.
The complainant Gurmukh Singh, a resident of Sector-23, told police that the accused managed to enter inside his house when it was locked. Brother of Gurmukh told police that his brother had gone out of Chandigarh to attend a ceremony with his family. "In the morning when I went to check his house, I noticed the window glass was broken. I opened the door and found an unknown person inside the house,” he said. He locked the house again and informed the police who arrested the robber from the house.
The accused admitted his offence and told the police that he was a drug addict. Agwinder started committing petty crimes to fulfil his need of intoxicants, said Desraj Singh, in-charge, PP-22. The accused is a habitual criminal and earlier also he was arrested three times in robbery cases. A case in the matter has been registered and further investigations are under progress, added the official.