The Delhi police has arrested a 47-year-old burglar from national Capital's Kapashera area. Police have also recovered a loaded country made pistol along with two live cartridges from the possession of the accused.
The accused has been identified as Rajender Kumar, a resident of Delhi's Mangol Puri area.
Rajender was also declared a 'Bad Character' by Mangolpuri police station.
According to Devendra Arya, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South-West district, police had received a tip off about Kumar coming to the area following which a trap was laid near MCD School in Kapashera.
"The accused was seen coming on a bike from Dwarka Link road, was asked to stop. But instead of stopping, he tried to flee away. But after a brief chase the accused Rajender was apprehended successfully," said the DCP.
"During his cursory frisking, one loaded country made pistol with two live cartridges and six mobile phones were recovered from his possession. One stolen scooty was later recovered at his instance, said the DCP.
"During interrogation of the accused, he disclosed that he is a native of Delhi and a school dropout. He fell in bad company. After that, he decided to commit crime to fulfill his needs. He has been involved in 22 cases of various thefts," said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on.