‘Robin Hood’ burglar with lavish tastes held in Bihar

New Delhi: The police has arrested a 27-year-old suspected burglar, Irfan, who stole from Delhi’s rich and organised health camps at his village in Bihar with the help of his accomplice.

This modern day Robin Hood kept quite a bit of the loot for himself too — spending lavishly on expensive cars, fashionable apparel and trips to watering holes in Mumbai and Delhi, the police said.

That was until he was nabbed by a Delhi police team from his village in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district. On May 24, one Rajeev Khanna filed a police complaint alleging that gold and diamond jewellery had been stolen from his home in southeast Delhi’s New Friends Colony, the police said.

“He maintained a larger-than life image in his native area. He would often fund health camps for people in his village,” Romil Baaniya, deputy commissioner of police (southeast). Irfan claimed to have committed burglaries in UP and Punjab as well.

He was arrested on July 6 after being caught on CCTV footage in the capital’s New Friends Colony, allegedly after robbing gold and diamond jewellery from a resident, who filed a police complaint on May 24.

The police said he would roam barefoot around posh colonies in the city, break open doors or windows, and vanish with valuables, always acting alone.

In one of the bars in Delhi, he once offered to pay Rs 10,000 to hear a song of his choice. The police has also arrested Dharmender, who used to buy the booty from Irfan. Stolen jewellery weighing 320 gram has been recovered from them.