The Special Staff of the South District Police have arrested a married couple, who used their children to commit robberies at marriage functions. Cash and jewellery worth several lakhs of rupees have been recovered from them.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), BS Jaiswal said that the accused have been identified as S Kumar (35) and his wife Sangeeta (31) —residents of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh — who were involved in several thefts at marriage functions in Delhi-NCR.
“They were arrested by a team led by Inspector Rajender Singh and Sub-Inspector Jeet Singh from Saket area, who conducted a joint operation with police personnel of Faridabad,” Jaiswal added. With their arrest, stolen jewellery worth several lakhs of — including two very expensive diamond sets, one diamond ring, one gold chain and a pair of anklets have been recovered. Five cases of theft have been worked out.
Jaiswal said that there had been instances of cash and jewellery thefts at marriage functions in Delhi-NCR. In few incidents, it was revealed that some well-dressed children were involved who used to roam around the stage and stole cash and jewellery bags when the host remained busy in attending to the guests.
During investigation, police got a clue that some groups from Rajgarh district of Madhya, who were staying at various places in Delhi as tenant, committed the thefts. During interrogation, the couple allegedly disclosed that during the marriage season, groups from Pachore Tehsil of Rajgarh district came to Delhi to commit thefts in marriage functions. They stay at rented accom-modations, particularly in Govindpuri, Sarai Kale Khan, Badarpur, Jaitpur and Trilokpuri for one or two months with their children.