The Delhi Police on Sunday arrested four men, including a Civil Engineering student, who used to target houses in South and Southeast Delhi and steal valuables and fancy gadgets to flaunt in front of their girlfriends and later sold these articles to make quick bucks. A number of valuables, including laptops, television and a bike used by the gang, have been recovered.
The accused confessed that they were addicted to alcohol and drugs and used to lead a lavish lifestyle.
Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) said, "The accused, who were arrested by a team of Anti Auto Theft Squad of the district, have been identified as Mohammad Faim (24), Mohammad Naim (23), Rahul Sharma (35) and the civil engineer Raza-ul-Mustafa (22),"
The officer said that the gang was busted following a stringent crackdown on burglary in Southeast district, after a number of cases were reported. Biswal said that following a tip off, a police team laid a trap and three men, Rahul, Naim and Faim were intercepted when they were transporting a lED TV and few laptops on a bike.
"On questioning, the trio could not give appropriate answers and they were detained. During interrogation, they revealed their involvement in burglaries and also unveiled details of their fourth associate Mustafa, a civil engineering student, who was arrested later on and it was found that all of them have past criminal records. They revealed that they are addicted to alcohol and ganja, and to meet their needs they started committing theft and burglaries. They also wanted to maintain a lavish life style and spent money on their girlfriends to impress them," added Biswal.
Biswal said that Naim used to work as whitewash painter and around 4-5 years ago and became friends with other two, while Mustafa is a neighbour of Faim. "To earn easy money they planned to commit burglaries in the night by breaking doors or sneaking through windows to enter locked houses and shops. They used to cover their face to avoid being caught in CCTV cameras. The accused used to later sell these laptops and other burgled articles at Nehru Place," the officer said.