The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested two members of a gang of thieves from Saket, South Delhi, and seized stolen gadgets, together with 16 cell phones, six laptops, and one bike, from them.
The arrested recognized as Balan and P Karthik would pose as hearing-impaired and mute males, representing particular faculties or orphanages, soliciting donations to hold out burglaries and thefts, the police mentioned.
Investigations revealed that the 2 males had travelled from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu by prepare to Delhi, the place they focused rented lodging, notably these occupied by college students, mentioned an officer.
The stolen laptops had been later bought in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the officer added.
A police crew below the supervision of ACP Abhinendra Jain and led by Inspector Girish Chandra employed each handbook and technical surveillance and intensified patrolling in weak areas of South Delhi district to nab the criminals, mentioned the police.
Performing on a tip-off, the crew laid a entice close to the visitors junction at Asian Market and arrested the lads.
“Round 1 pm, the crew noticed a motorbike with two individuals sitting on it with out helmets. As soon as our informer recognized them, they had been stopped for verification and requested to point out the paperwork of the bike. However they pretended to be dumb and deaf,” mentioned Ankit Chauhan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South.
He mentioned the lads additionally introduced a letter exhibiting some entries of charitable donations given to them by totally different individuals with signatures and a few particulars.
“Upon a cursory search of their baggage, 16 cell phones and 6 laptops had been recovered from them,” the DCP added.
