Delhi Police solve 4 house theft, burglary cases; three arrested
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Anti-Burglary Cell of Delhi Police’s South-West District has arrested two alleged burglars and a receiver of stolen property in connection with multiple house theft and burglary cases, recovering 42.11 grams of melted gold, two country-made pistols and a cache of house-breaking tools, police said in a press release issued on Monday.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mohd. Arif, Afsar and Inzamam Sheikh alias Raja Sheikh. According to the police, their arrests have helped resolve four cases of house theft and burglary registered in different parts of Delhi.
The police said the operation was launched after the Anti-Burglary Cell was directed to gather intelligence and take action against burglars operating in South-West District. A dedicated team comprising SI Bachchu Singh, HC Anshu, HC Kanti Lal, HC Sunil Kumar, HC Himmat Singh, HC Sanjay Kumar, HC Bhagirath, Ct. Ravinder, Ct. Lalit and Ct. Sachin was constituted under the leadership of Insp. Ram Kumar, I/C Anti Burglary Cell/SWD, and under the supervision of Sandeep Ghai, ACP/Operations/SWD.
During the investigation of two burglary cases registered at PS Palam Village, police analysed footage from around 700 CCTV cameras installed in and around the crime scenes. The footage allegedly showed the same group of suspects arriving at the locations on a motorcycle and committing the burglaries.
Police said technical analysis helped identify two suspects as Mohd. Arif and Irshad alias Bhanu, following which manual and technical surveillance was intensified.
On August 5, Mohd. Arif was arrested from Maujpur, Delhi. During interrogation, he allegedly disclosed that he and his associates had committed the two Palam-area burglaries using a stolen motorcycle. He also allegedly revealed that he and Irshad had stolen the motorcycle from the Keshav Puram area.
According to the police, a country-made pistol and house-breaking tools were recovered at Arif’s instance. The recovered tools included a hammer, iron pipe, pair of pliers, two spanners, screwdriver, key and wire cutter. Subsequently, co-accused Afsar was arrested from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, and another country-made pistol was allegedly recovered from his possession.
The investigation also led police to Inzamam Sheikh alias Raja Sheikh, who was allegedly receiving stolen gold ornaments from the burglars. Police said 42.11 grams of melted gold, obtained from the stolen ornaments, was recovered from his possession.
The press release stated: “The team of Anti Burglary Cell, South-West District has arrested three accused persons, including two burglars, namely Mohd. Arif and Afsar and one receiver of stolen property, Inzamam Sheikh alias Raja Sheikh.”
Police further said that the accused are linked to four cases registered at PS Palam Village, PS Govind Puri and PS Keshav Puram.
Police said further investigation into the cases is underway.
–IANS
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