With the arrest of a 36-year-old man by the Kalkaji police team, the Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to have solved a burglary case based on a fingerprint left behind by him 12 years ago. Police said the chance fingerprint obtained from burglary spot in 2006 in Kalkaji matched with the fingerprint of accused when arrested in 2018 in another case.
Police said that the staff of Kalkaji police station has arrested a person for illegally carrying a country-made pistol but later found him being involved in a case of burglary reported in 2006.
Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South East said, “The arrested accused has been identified as Sabbir Malik, 36 resident of Ghaziabad. In January, Malik was arrested by the Crime Branch for carrying illegal country made pistol.”
During interrogation, Sabbir told Crime Branch that he had previously committed several burglaries and thefts across Capital. Based on his revelations, the fingerprints of Sabir Malik were run by the Fingerprint Bureau of the Delhi Police. “Fortunately Sabbir's fingerprints were matched with the chance fingerprints collected by the staff of Kalkaji police station in the 2006 burglary case,” said a senior police officer.
Sabbir was handed over to the staff of Kalkaji police station. During interrogation, he confessed about his involvement in this 12-year-old burglary case in Kalkaji. He was arrested under Section 380 of IPC and his police custody was obtained for recovery of the stolen items.
During interrogation, Sabbir said, “He is a member of Kalu and Billa gang who are involved in incidents of burglary in Delhi as well as other metropolitan cities.” He further stated Rinku Baba and a woman are his associates.
The woman member used to visit the houses on the pretext of working as a maid. The gang used to keep weapons with them and in case of retaliation, they used the same. The woman used to remain in touch with jewellers to dispose of the stolen property.
“All the data and confidential records which are procured from crime scenes are properly persevered with CRO, it always helps us verify the previous criminal records of any criminals,” said Biswal.
The DCP added, “While the principle that no two people can have the same fingerprints cannot be scientifically validated, fingerprint evidence is generally considered to be a highly reliable piece of evidence and is particularly accessible to the courts.”