The north district of Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have arrested two persons for allegedly stealing cardamom worth Rs 14 lakh in North Delhi’s lahori Gate area. Police said after they had scanned the CCTV footage, the police team found out that the accused had worn a particular style of lungi. Police said they recovered 950 kg of cardamom and tools like gas cutter with cylinder, iron cutter, iron rod, and hammer used in the theft.
DCP Jatin Narwal, (North) said, “The accused have been identified as Pawan Kumar and his cousin Rahul Mishra.”
On the intervening night of May 25 and 26, police received information that 26 bags of green cardamom was stolen after unknown persons who broke open the shutter of a godown in the Tilak Bazaar area of lahori Gate.
Following which, a case was registered and investigation was taken up.
“While scanning the CCTV footage, we found that these goods were first taken up to a place near Bara Tooti Chowk in Sadar Bazar and unloaded on the roadside. After continuous efforts and analysis of CCTV footage, it was noticed that faces of labourers who transported the goods were not clear but two of them wore a particular style of lungi. The goods were transported in the early morning of May 26,” said a senior police officer.
“To trace the labourers wearing peculiar type of lungi seen in CCTV footage, team of police officials visited various location chowks in the early morning where labourers gather for getting work. After sustained efforts, two labourers who were wearing lungis and seen in the CCTV footage transporting the stolen goods were traced.”
Police said during sustained interrogation, police found out about the people who had hired the accused for transporting the stolen goods on the day of incident and team started working on these facts. Upon further checking of CCTV footage of area, it was found that the culprits covered the stolen bags with white plastic bags.
“Based on the CCTV footage, it was established that the green cardamom has been stored in the area around Gali Batashan, Naya Bans. One of the members of the Eyes and Ears scheme gave specific input and with the help of this input, the place where the stolen goods were stored was located and two accused were arrested and stolen goods were recovered. We are looking for two more accused,” said the senior police officer.