A 24-year-old man, who stole jewellery and burgled houses as he wanted to gift the same to his prospective wife, has been arrested by the Special Staff of the Dwarka district. With his arrest, police claimed to have recovered stolen jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh.
Akash, the accused, told police he has been keeping the stolen jewellery since he wanted to gift these to his fiancé on the first day of their marriage. The accused was nabbed on the basis of CCTV camera footage and the hospital record where he went to get himself treated for a dog bite.
“Akash revealed that he started committing theft and burglary to consume drugs. However, for the past one year, the accused had been keeping the stolen jewellery with him which he was planning to gift his would be wife,” Shibesh Singh, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Dwarka district. “With the arrest of Akash, we have recovered gold, diamond and silver jewellery worth Rs 20 lakhs from his possession along with lCD, laptops and ATM cards”, he said.
Investigation was taken up by the police after a theft was reported on the intervening night of 24 and 25 March of this year. One Viresh Kumar's house was burgled and valuables such as gold jewellery and cash were found missing. The officer said that during investigation, while scanning through the CCTV cameras, they spotted a suspicious looking man, the DCP added.
We also found that the accused had entered the house after cutting open the iron net of the back gate of the house. The officer said that despite the presence of four pet dogs in the house of the complainant, the accused was able to pull off the crime. “While going through the 25 CCTV cameras, we found in one of the CCTV grabs that the street dogs were barking at the accused and had bitten his leg.
Taking the cue, the team checked all the nearby private and government hospitals where the accused person could have gone for treatment for dog bite. local intelligence was deployed,” said Singh.
On March 31, based on a tip off that the accused would come near Khera Park in Uttam Nagar to commit another burglary, the team laid a trap and apprehended him, added the DCP. Search of his house led to the recovery of stolen ornaments. Akash was active in Dwarka district areas and has confessed to have committed scores of burglaries. With his arrest, 17 cases of burglaries, snatchings and thefts have been worked out” the DCP added.”