2 nabbed for burglary, house theft in South Delhi

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 18 2013 | 9:55 PM IST
With the arrest of two persons, police today claimed to have cracked 12 cases of burglary and house thefts in Kalkaji area of South Delhi.
Stolen goods worth over Rs 10 lakh was also recovered.
22-year-old Vikram, a resident of 24 Pargana in West Bengal, was arrested along with his landlord Gopal Mandal, to whom he used to sell most of the stolen property, police said.
"A special team was set up to deal with the rise in incidents of burglary and theft in the area and during the probe, a trap was laid near Nehru Place here and Vikram was apprehended today along with a bag containing two laptops and six mobile phones," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East) P Karunakaran.
During interrogation, Vikram disclosed about his involvement in other burglary and house thefts cases in Kalkaji, police said.
He had sold most of the stolen property to his landlord Gopal Mandal, who was apprehended at his instance.
A large number of stolen articles including laptops, mobile phones, cameras, wrist watches and other articles, including silver jewellery, worth more than Rs 10 lakh were recovered.
Vikram disclosed that he used to commit crime in DDA flats in Kalkaji, when the residents go out on morning walk or to drop children to school bus stops without locking the doors.
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First Published: Aug 18 2013 | 9:55 PM IST