Man fond of branded clothes used to travel from Uttarakhand to burgle Delhi homes, arrested
New Delhi: A 40-year-old man from Uttarakhand involved in more than 25 cases of burglaries has been arrested in Delhi's Seelampur area, police said on Sunday.
The accused -- Mohammad Akram -- used to come from Uttarakhand to target posh localities of the national capital, they said.
Fond of lavish lifestyle, Akram used to spend money on branded and expensive clothes and accessories, the police said, adding that diamond jewellery worth over Rs 10 lakh was recovered from him.
Akram disclosed that he used to dispose the stolen jewellery to Sheikh Khalid Mohmood soon after committing the burglaries, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said.
Subsequently, Mohmood (41) was arrested from his residence in Lajpat Nagar and some stolen jewellery was also recovered from him, the officer said.
Akram was involved in an incident of burglary that took place on the intervening night of September 23 and 24 at a bungalow in Maharani Bagh area. He had stolen Rs 20,000 in cash and jewellery worth lakhs, the officer added.
In the CCTV footage, one man with his face covered was seen entering the bungalow. He was seen carrying house-breaking instruments and was wearing gloves to avoid leaving any fingerprints, the officer said.
While analyzing the CCTV and data of burglars involved in night burglaries in Delhi and NCR, police found that the accused was also involved in another case of burglary in Safdarjung Enclave area in 2017, the officer said.
He used to work alone and never used any vehicle or mobile phone to avoid being traced, the officer added.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
