Woman among five held for theft at diplomat's house

New Delhi: With the arrest of five accused, including a woman, who were involved in a break-in at a French diplomat’s house in Shanti Niketan area, the Delhi police on Sunday claimed to solve many thefts and motor vehicles thefts cases.

In view of the incidents of burglaries in South Campus, especially in Shanti Niketan area, including a break-in at a French diplomat’s house, policemen in plainclothes were deployed to nab the accused. On Wednesday, the police received information about a gang of burglars assembling in the area of Shanti Niketan.

A team was formed and a trap was laid at Natthu Chowk, south Moti Bagh, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ishwar Singh. Three persons — Roshan Massi (18), Sharon Kant (19) and Monu (27), riding a two-wheeler without a number plate, were caught following a long chase. It was found that the scooter had been stolen from South Campus in March this year, the police said.

The accused persons revealed that they used to steal vehicles during the day and during night, they committed burglaries in houses.

During investigation, their associates Vicky Rawat (24) and receiver of stolen property Anju Chauhan (25) were also arrested. With the arrest of the five persons, the police claimed to have worked out 55 cases of burglaries, thefts and motor-vehicle thefts in South Campus, RK Puram, Sarojini Nagar, Saket, Safdarjung Enclave and Hauz Khas. The police has also recovered stolen silver, gold jewellery, cell phones, laptops, scooters, $315 in cash from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and Munirka here.

On May 4, they had allegedly entered a French diplomat’s house in Shanti Niketan for committing burglary but when they did not find anything valuable there, they ransacked the house. Then, they targeted the house of a retired IAS officer in the same building. On May 6, they decamped with cash and foreign currency from another house in the area.