Delhi Police has arrested four persons, including a woman in connection with a burglary at the residence of a High Court Justice in South Delhi.
The accused have been identified as Sanjay Tiwari (34), a resident of Jasola, Ajay Rawat (36), a resident of Dakshinpuri, Shartudhan Kumar (39) and Anjula Tiwari (39), residents of Bihar.
According to Benita Mary Jaiker, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, on May 30 at 11 A.M., police received information regarding a burglary in a house in Greater Kailash-1 area.
“The lock of the back door of the house was found broken and one almirah on the first floor had been opened. There were some articles lying outside the cupboard.
It was found that the complainant had gone out of station on May 1 and the house was locked since then. On May 24, her relatives visited the house for cleaning. On May 30, when they again reached there for some work, they found the back door open,” said the DCP.
“During investigation, police analysed the CCTV footage and found that two persons had entered the premises through the back boundary wall. Police identified the accused persons and Sanjay was traced to Sitamarhi, Bihar and Rawat was found in Mubarakpur,” said the DCP.
“On the instance of Sanjay, a goldsmith Shatrudhan, who received the stolen property, was arrested from Sitamarhi. Almost all the stolen jewellery has been recovered from him,” said the DCP.
“Later, Anjula, who is a friend of Sanjay, was also arrested. Some jewellery and equipment used for breaking into the house were recovered on her instance,” said the DCP.
Explaining the modus operandi, police said the accused persons did a recce of the area and observed the houses that were closed.
Later, they checked whether the light of the house was on at night or not. They portrayed themselves as electricians and plumbers and rang the doorbells of the targeted houses.
If nobody answered the door, they targeted those homes, police said.
In the present case, they noticed dust on the doors and identified the house as abandoned and committed the burglary. They used scissors, screw drivers, an iron rod and hammer etc to commit the crime, police said.
Sanjay, who hails from Bihar, was first apprehended in a theft case along with Rawat in 2004 when he was a juvenile.
Later, he came in contact with other thieves and was involved in 16 cases of burglary in the south district area, police said. Police said Rs 1.40 lakh in cash and jewellery articles were recovered from their possession.
