A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a bag containing valuables of a fellow passenger from the baggage belt of Indira Gandhi International Airport here, police said today.
According to the police, Syed Mohd, who holds a doctorate degree from Lucknow University, was apprehended from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh yesterday after they zeroed on him following thorough investigation.
On October 15, a couple travelling from Hyderabad to New Delhi by an Air India flight complained to police that they had checked in with three bags but they received just two when they landed in Delhi, they said.
The couple was asked to wait for 24 hours by the Air India staff to locate the bag.
"During investigation, the CCTV footage of Hyderabad Airport and Delhi Airport were closely analysed and it was found that one person who checked in only one bag at Hyderabad Airport and was travelling in the same flight picked two bags from the baggage belt of Air India at the New Delhi airport," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) M.I Haider.
His mobile number was found on the details given to Air India while booking the ticket and it was put on surveillance during which his location was found in Aligarh after which he was arrested and the stolen bag was recovered from him, police said.
Syed Mohd is a PhD from Lucknow University and presently doing translation work and trading in Garments. He confessed that he had committed this theft out of greed, said Haider.
