Six Nepali nationals have been arrested in connection with a series of break-ins, police said on Monday. Ram Bahadur, 27, Ram Singh, 28, Padam Thapa, 35, and Dal Bahadur, 32 — the mastermind of the gang — were arrested on Friday from Kailash Nagar in East Delhi on a tip-off.
Their associates Ratan Bahadur Shah, 33, and Man Bahadur, 34, were arrested later. “Thirteen cases of night burglaries, including a recent case of attempted burglary at Oriental Bank of Commerce, have been solved with the arrest of these men,” Additional Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar said.
“The accused failed to rob the bank, but two of them were captured on CCTV camera installed there,” said the official. On the intervening night of October 28-29, the gang had made an attempt to break open the door to the strongroom at Oriental Bank of Commerce Central Delhi’s Daryaganj.
“All the accused belong to Nepal. They primarily targeted shops and offices, where they would conduct a recce during the day. Thereafter, they would commit a burglary in the late hours of the night,” said the official. aOne gang member Sunil Chaudhary is absconding, the official said.