The Delhi police has arrested a former domestic servant for the theft of valuables worth Rs 15 lakh from the house of a lady in New Friends’ Colony where he used to work earlier. Police have recovered the stolen diamonds and jewellery from his village in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki.
According to police, the accused Ram Narain (27) on July 23 at about 11pm had gone to the house of the victim to request for money as his dhaba was not running well. "When he knocked at the door of ground floor no one responded. Since he was acquainted with the topography of the house, he went to the backyard and discovered that the back door was slightly opened. He pushed the door and found that nobody was inside the bedroom," stated Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East District) Chinmoy Biswal.
Adding further, police said during interrogation the accused revealed that finding no one at the house, he took a chance as he had worked there for last seven years so he was aware that expensive jewellery of lady owner is kept in her drawer in the bedroom.
"Since no one was present in the house, accused planned to steal the jewellery and he went directly in the bedroom. Accused opened the drawer and stole diamond & gold jewellery. He kept all the stolen jewellery in a bag and quietly left the house," Biswal said.
"The house owner had left for the Hyderabad in morning on day of the robbery. She had returned on 25 July and next morning noticed that all her Diamonds, Polki and Kundan necklaces, ear rings, pendent, bracelet etc. are missing from the drawer of bedroom. All the locks were found intact but the back door was found open," said the DCP.
"Acting on the complaint CCTV of the approaching roads was scrutinised and criminals with similar modus operandi were also questioned but nothing fruitful came out. During further investigation all the domestic helps were also questioned and from the questioning it revealed that one cook Roop Narain had left the job around 2 months ago on his own. local inquiry was conducted and it was found that he used to live at khijrabad but he was not found available at the address. Further inquiry revealed that he has opened his own Dhaba somewhere in the area of Aali Vihar," said DCP.