58-year-old vagabond held for breaking into AAP office
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday said that they have arrested a 58-year-old Afghanistan national who reportedly broke into the Aam Aadmi Party’s office in central Delhi’s Rouse Avenue and tried to steal canopies containing the party’s logo.
Police said they have also arrested three associates of the prime accused.
According to police, the incident took place on Friday night when a vagabond, identified as Mohammad Qazim, was caught on CCTV footage trying to steal canopies from the office.
An investigating officer said that Qazim’s face was not visible in the footage, but his identity was ascertained based on his physical appearance in the footage.
After the incident was reported at IP Estate police station, a team led by SHO Ravinder Malik began its investigation.
It was Constable Amit Sharma who identified the accused, after he saw the CCTV footage. Immediately, the accused was nabbed.
Police claimed that Qazim’s associates used to buy the items that he would steal. They were identified as Fayum, Saiffudin and Sultan.
“Qazim had entered the AAP office alone and stolen the canopies himself,” said a police official.
Police sources further said that the accused had come from Afghanistan to India when he was 14 years old, during which time he started living in the streets.
Over time, he became addicted to drugs and started drinking heavily.
“He used to work as a labourer, but due to alcohol addiction, he started stealing things. He has a criminal record and was accused of burglary,” said the police official.
After stealing various sorts of item, the accused used to sell the, to his associates in order to fuel his addiction.
“We are investigating the case from all possible angles,” the police official added.
Recently, a blue Wagon R car belonging to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was stolen, from right outside the Delhi Secretariat.
The blurred image of a man getting into the car was caught on security cameras installed outside the premises and driving it away. It was later found abandoned in Ghaziabad area.
The brazen attempted robbery at Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) office in Delhi has once again brought to light the major problem of burglaries in Delhi-ncr.
In Delhi’s neighbouring Gurugram, daring robberies are not only committed on a daily basis, but often in broad daylight.
In a worrying trend for law enforcement officials, daylight robberies have seen a major spike.
On Saturday, a banker filed a complaint that more than Rs 11 lakh in cash was stolen from his house in Gurugram’s Sector-53. Three more cases of robbery were reported the same day.
In most of the residential colonies of Gurugram, such as Palam Vihar, Ardee City, Sushant Lok and Sector-56, residents often complain that burglars are not only targeting them regularly, but doing it successfully in early hours of the day.
One such daylight robbery was reported earlier this year, when a group of robbers entered a house in Sector-28 in the day and beat up an elderly woman who was alone at her residence.
In September this year, a 55-year-old widow was brutally murdered in her Sushant Lok bungalow, after suspected burglars ransacked the house.
“Robberies have been a major law and order problem in the city. However, the biggest concern is that most of these criminals are targeting houses in the day and are also successful in their attempts. Not only are these people targeting wealthy houses, even the middle classes are not secure,” said Ranjit Dhawan, a Gurugram resident.
“As the population of the city increases, crimes like robbery also will be reported on a large scale. We have taken cognisance of it and are taking action. In most cases, we have been able to attain success,” said a senior police official of Gurugram Police.