A 12-year-old boy and his elder sister chased two burglars who had allegedly broke into their residence at south Delhi’s Khirki Extension area and managed to overpower one, police said on Saturday.
The incident was reported on Tuesday, as the siblings, Akshay Sharma and Akshataya Sharma (16), came home early from school and found the lock of their house broken and also sensed someone’s presence inside the house, police said.
When they asked who was there inside, the burglars asked back the same question, following which they rushed inside and saw two men standing with two gunny bags, said police, adding tht they chased one of them and later overpowered him. The other managed to escape with a bag containing around Rs 5 lakh cash and jewellery, said police.
later, locals called up police and the burglar was handed over to them.
During interrogation, police came to know about a gang, which conduct recce and target houses in the afternoon. Before executing their plan they had conducted recce of Sharma’s residence twice, said police. Both Akshay (class VII) and his elder sister (class X) are students of a private school in Malviya Nagar.
Their father works for a construction company and their mother is employed at a school. A team has been constituted and they are searching for other gang members, police added.