
A gang of thieves from Odisha was busted by the Delhi Police on Friday following the arrest of a home servant concerned in a significant housebreaking in Defence Colony final yr.
The case, which concerned the theft of gold jewelry value roughly Rs 80 lakh and Rs 6 lakh in money, got here to gentle on December 26 after a PCR name reported a home theft at Block B.
In accordance with police, the investigation revealed that the accused, Nirmal Malik, had began working as a home assist on the residence simply 12 days earlier than the incident. After rigorously observing the family and studying that the house owner and her household have been travelling to Goa from December 23-28, police stated he orchestrated a plan to rob the home. On the day of the crime, Nirmal known as his affiliate, Dharmendra Dass, to help within the housebreaking. Collectively, they broke into the home, looted the property, and fled, stated police.
Police stated Nirmal had vanished after the crime and his telephone was switched off. Tracing his actions by name element data led investigators to Chirag Dilli, the place they realized that the accused had connections in Odisha.
“Throughout enquiry, it was discovered that each the accused lived in Chirag Dilli village and the home was rented to Dass. By means of technical evaluation, on March 12, Dass… was arrested at Ishwarpur outpost space in Balasore district in Odisha with the assistance of native police workers of PS Nilagiri,” stated DCP (South) Ankit Chauhan.
Additional raids have been carried out on the residences of the suspects in Nilagiri, Balasore, resulting in the restoration of a good portion of the stolen items.
Police stated Nirmal was arrested in Bengaluru, the place he was working as a cook dinner in a residential society. Primarily based on intelligence inputs, the police group travelled to town, laid a entice, and nabbed him.
Throughout questioning, he admitted to planning the housebreaking.
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These sure down in the course of the investigation embrace Nirmal’s 35-year-old spouse, a goldsmith who obtained the stolen jewelry; and a 34-year-old man who assisted in promoting the stolen property.
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