The Delhi Police has arrested three men for allegedly stealing cash and jewellery after hypnotising the victim in the national Capital.
The accused have been identified as Lakhvinder Singh (25), a resident of Punjab, Sonu Kumar (38) and Sunny (38), both residents of Panipat in Haryana.
According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, on May 27, a resident of Chhattarpur Enclave lodged a complaint where he alleged that when his 70-year-old mother was at home, a person called his name and entered the house.
"The accused hypnotised his mother and when she regained her senses, he fled with cash and jewellery about worth Rs five lakh," said the DCP.
"In a similar incident on June 2, accused went to a flat at Rajpur Khurd village where he told the woman that her husband was caught by police," said the DCP.
"The man introduced himself as policeman and asked her to accompany him to Mehrauli police station. He dropped her in front of police station and went back to her house. He hypnotised her kids and fled away with cash and jewellery of around Rs five lakh," said the DCP.
“During investigation, police analysed the CCTV footage and arrested Lakhvinder. On his instance, Sonu and Sunny were also arrested from a hotel at Gurgaon,” said the DCP.
"Interrogation revealed that the accused used to roam in the area and gather information about their targeted house. Thereafter, Lakhvinder entered the house after calling the names of working family members who mostly remained out," the DCP said.
"After entering the house, he hypnotised the victim and asked them to bring the money and jewellery. The accused have committed more than 25 incidents in Delhi with similar modus operandi. Sonu and Sunny used to sale the jewellery," said the DCP adding that police have also recovered three cars, one bike, some gold ornaments, Rs 30,000 and fake police IDs from the possession of the accused.