Man steals furniture, appliances, from eatery

Aman has been accused of stealing dining tables, chairs, ACs and kitchen appliances from a restaurant after a fire in a building, heard a court yesterday.

The Indian owner of a restaurant was said to have been obliged to empty his workplace for maintenance purposes after a fire in the building where his shop is located last March.

Shortly after the fire gutted substantial parts of the building, the Indian owner was forced to close down the restaurant, according to records, temporarily for maintenance.

The owner flew to his country and when he returned to Dubai, he discovered that several items had been stolen from his place.

The man notified the police and primary interrogations revealed that the owner’s former employee, a 35-year-old Indian, had stolen them. Prosecutors charged the 35-year-old suspect with stealing a stove, a microwave, freezer, 6 ACs, 48 chairs and 12 dining tables.

According to the chargesheet, prosecutors said the 35-year-old Indian committed the robbery in collaboration with three of the restaurant’s former employees, who remain at large.

The suspect pleaded guilty. A ruling will be heard on December 25.