Indian Man Carries Out One of many Greatest Heists in Delhi After Being Humiliated at Work

A person entered a jewelry store on Tuesday whereas carrying a private protecting gear (PPE) package and stole money and jewelry. Police realized about it when the store proprietor reported the incident on Wednesday, and a case was registered.

A person has been arrested within the Indian capital, New Delhi, for stealing money, gold and diamond jewelry price INR 200 million ($2.7 million) from a jewelry showroom. 

The 25-year-old carried out the housebreaking in Delhi’s Kalkaji on Tuesday carrying a PPE package, usually utilized by medical practitioners lately at COVID-19 associated medical amenities.

A senior police official instructed Sputnik on Friday that the accused has been recognized as Sheikh Nur Rahman, who labored as an electrician-turned-technician on the showroom.

“The CCTV footage of the showroom was scanned and 10 groups involving about 100 police personnel had been assigned the duty to nab the accused,” he mentioned.

“The digital camera footage make clear the function of an insider, because the miscreant did not have bother getting in or opening the safety racks,” the official added.

He additional talked about that the CCTV footage revealed that the burglar had exercised the utmost calm within the course of.

“An important factor that clicked was that the burglar knew the scale of the screwdriver required to open issues. He was even seen consuming water, which indicated that he was in no hurry to maneuver out from the showroom,” the officer mentioned. 

The proprietor of the showroom instructed police that Rahman was the one one who had the data and expertise to execute such a factor.

“Rahman was on depart, which even raised extra suspicion on him. His name element data and different technical issues had been traced. After which a plan was laid out, and he was nabbed from his pal’s house,” the police officer mentioned, including that every one the stolen items have been recovered from him. 

In the course of the interrogation, Rahman revealed that he dedicated the housebreaking as a result of he needed to take revenge after being humiliated and harassed by his colleagues. 

“He was planning the heist for the final three months. Throughout which he allegedly studied the structure of the entry and exit factors, the place of the guards and all different tremendous particulars,” the official mentioned. 

Later, Rahman invested about INR 50,000 ($685) into shopping for gear resembling hydraulic iron cutters, gasoline cutters, a suitcase, backpack, and cord, amongst different issues to finish the duty.  

“On 10 January, he (Rahman) took a 15-day depart. He booked a prepare ticket and went house (situated exterior town). However he quietly returned to Delhi inside every week. On Tuesday, round 9.30 pm, he left his Delhi lodging whereas carrying a PPE package, together with a suitcase and the housebreaking instruments within the backpack,” the official mentioned.

How the Heist Was Executed

After climbing the terrace of a mostly-vacant construction adjoining the jewelry showroom on Tuesday, he waited there till 11.00 p.m.

“As soon as it turned silent, he reached the roof of the showroom. Additional, utilizing hydraulic iron cutters, he eliminated the fibre and tin sheets of a small opening and reached the generator room on the highest flooring,” the official mentioned. 

Later, he used the identical cutter to interrupt open an iron grill and an iron shutter to achieve entry into the precise showroom.

“He (Rahman) knew that low quantity and high-value jewelry was saved on the bottom flooring. He immediately went to that flooring. He disconnected the wires of just one CCTV digital camera on the ground and used the screwdriver and opened the safes simply. He fled away with the objects utilizing the identical approach he had used to return in,” the official revealed. 

In keeping with police, Rahman deliberate to go away for Kolkata metropolis on Thursday by prepare however he was nabbed earlier than that. Rahman has been booked for theft and trespassing.