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  • Man Nabbed For Preying On Co-Passengers’ Jewellery, Valuables; Took 200 Flights In A Year |

    New Delhi: The Delhi Police arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly stealing valuables from co-passengers on flights. According to the police, the accused, named Rajesh Kapoor, boarded over 200 flights and travelled for at least 110 days in the past year to steal inflight. 

    The Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI), Usha Rangnani, informed a press conference at the IGI airport that he was arrested in Paharganj, where he kept the stolen jewellery. She added that police had arrested another ally of Kapoor, Sharad Jain (46), to whom he was planning to sell the stolen items. 

    After two separate cases were reported from two separate flights in the last three months, the authorities formed a probe team to investigate the matter, DCP told the press conference. 

    Targeted Elders, Vulnerable Passengers 

    Of all 11 cases he was involved in five were at the airport. As per a report by PTI, the thief used to target elderly passengers based on their tendency to keep their valuables in their handbags. He would target vulnerable passengers on domestic flights, particularly Air India and Vistara. 

    He used the chaos amid boarding a flight to his advantage and would secretly snoop through the overhead cabin on the flights.

    After setting the target on an individual he used to exchange the seat from the airline, to seat close to his prey. Sometimes, he carefully timed his operation with the distractions, thus making him successful in robbery. 

    As per the report by PTI, the police officer said that Kapoor is named in 11 theft cases including gambling and criminal breach of trust. 

    To avoid being detected further, he employed a strategy, he used to buy tickets in the name of his late brother, aiming to conceal his identity from both airlines and law enforcement authorities. 

  • Delhi: Visa scam exposed! Seven people arrested, this is how they used to prey on people looking for jobs

    Delhi Visa Scam Case: Fake visa racket has been busted by Delhi Police. Special Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested 7 people in this case. While giving information, the police has also said that the leader of this gang is Enamul Haq who is a resident of Darbhanga, Bihar. According to the information received from the police, the main accused has done engineering and after completing his studies, he was defrauding the common people by running a fake visa racket. Besides, information has also come to light that he used to carry out this entire work while staying in Jamia area of ​​Delhi.

    Scam of sending a job to Dubai

    Taking action, Delhi Police arrested a total of 7 people and while addressing the media, it has been informed that the number of people trapped in their trap could be in thousands. Police said that most of the complainants in this case are from Kerala state. According to Delhi Police, this gang has so far defrauded around 1000 people by promising them jobs by sending them to Dubai.

    How were they executed?

    Giving information on this matter, CP Ravindra Yadav of Delhi Special Crime Branch said that these people used to open a front office in a good place like Vasant Kunj, Mahipalpur or Dwarka. Also, from platforms like Naukri.com, they were extracting data of people who had to work in Gulf countries. Those who believed him and answered his calls, he would call them with the promise of getting a job in Dubai and extort around Rs 60 thousand from each victim.

    Used to take people into confidence by getting tourist visas

    Police have also told that this gang first took the person into confidence by getting him a tourist visa and then after reaching Dubai, they used to take huge amount in installments by promising to get a work permit. Besides, information has also been received that their victims were mostly people from Kerala and South India. Who wanted to earn more money by going to Gulf country.

    According to the police, the accused have been identified as Inam-ul-Haq Ansari (32), Tabish Hashmi (26), Mohammad Tabrez Alam (26), Tariq Shams (26), Ekram Muzaffar (19), Shankar Kumar Shah (28) and Somraj. (26) Crime Branch Special Commissioner Ravindra Singh Yadav said, “These swindlers used to call the victims on behalf of different companies. He had registered these companies on the basis of fake documents. These people used to lure the victims by sending emails and calling, saying that the information uploaded by them was suitable for a job in a Gulf country.”

    They used to demand money in the name of medical examination, documentation and consultation fees. Police said that after duping more than 100 people, they used to close their fake companies and later vacate the offices. During investigation, police arrested Ansari from Zakir Nagar. The Special Commissioner said that later his associates were also arrested. Police said that eight laptops, 12 mobile phones, 110 passports, bill books, letterheads of various fake companies, nine stamp pads, two QR code scanners, 11 check books and two passbooks of different banks were recovered from the accused.

  • How jewelery worth Rs 20 crore was stolen from a jewelery shop in Delhi, master thief will reveal the secret, transit remand approved

    A court in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh has sent Lokesh Srivas, the main accused arrested in the case of jewelery theft worth Rs 20 crore from a jewelery shop in Delhi, to the transit remand of Delhi Police for three days. Police officials said on Tuesday that the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Manish Kumar Dubey sent Lokesh Shrivas, arrested in the jewelery theft case, to the transit remand of Delhi Police for three days. Now Delhi Police will interrogate him thoroughly about the incident.

    Lokesh Shriwas is accused of theft of jewelery worth around Rs 20 crore from a jewelery shop in New Delhi and involvement in several thefts in Bilaspur city, officials said. Civil Lines police station in-charge Pradeep Arya said that the accused Shrivas, arrested on Friday last week, was presented in the court on Tuesday. Accused Shriwas was in police custody in Bilaspur till October 3.

    Arya said that the court has granted three-day transit remand for accused Shrivas to Delhi Police. The court, while giving a memorandum to Delhi Police, said that after three days of transit remand, within the next seven days, Delhi Police will complete its investigation and present the accused Shrivas in Bilaspur. Bilaspur, Delhi, Durg and Raipur police took joint action and arrested Shriwas from Durg district on Friday.

    Gold and diamond jewelery worth about Rs 12 crore and Rs 12 lakh 50 thousand in cash were recovered from the possession of Lokesh Shriwas. Earlier, the police had arrested Shrivas’s associate Shiva Chandravanshi from Kawardha city on Thursday. Police had recovered gold and silver jewellery, vehicles and goods worth Rs 23 lakh from Chandravanshi. Chandravanshi was sent to judicial custody on Friday.

    Police officials said that Shrivas is also accused of theft of Rs 20 crore from a jewelery shop in Bhogal area of ​​Delhi. According to Delhi Police, this theft is one of the biggest thefts in the national capital.

    Police officials said that at the beginning of the week, the accused broke into the strong room of a shop named Umrao Singh Jewelers and escaped with jewelery worth more than Rs 20 crore and Rs 5 lakh in cash. Several CCTV cameras were installed in the shop but they were damaged on Sunday night. The shop owner had closed the shop at around 8 pm on Sunday night. He came to know about the incident when he opened his shop around 10.30 am on Tuesday. The shop remains closed on Monday.

  • He had taken cashew nuts and almonds in his pocket, what did the master thief Lokesh do inside the showroom that day for 18 hours?

    When the shutters of a jewelery shop opened on Tuesday morning in Bhogal, the capital Delhi, all the gold, silver and diamonds kept inside were missing. After some time the police reached there and when it was revealed that goods worth Rs 25 crore were stolen from inside the showroom, everyone was shocked. This theft is being described as the biggest theft in Delhi. Delhi Police came into action. Records of about five thousand mobile numbers active in the area were checked. And finally master thief Lokesh Shriwas was arrested in Chhattisgarh. Do you know how much time it took to commit this theft? What did Lokesh do inside the showroom? What plan did he make to carry out such a big theft? Let us know everything one by one…

    Reiki three times…

    Lokesh is not being called a master thief just like that. FIRs are registered against him in many states. He targets only gold, silver and diamond showrooms. In the year 2019, he had stolen goods worth Rs 5 crore from Parakh Jewelers in Chhattisgarh. Lokesh did Reiki thrice to carry out Delhi’s biggest theft. According to the report of ‘Indian Express’, Lokesh first came to Delhi on September 9 to do Reiki. He kept hovering around the showroom till 12th September. After doing Reiki he went to Vrindavan. Then he came for the second time on 15 September to do Reiki. He came to Delhi on 21st September to do Reiki for the third and last time. This time he did not go back anywhere. In such a situation, it is believed that after the third Reiki, the thief had a strong plan with which he was going to make goods worth crores disappear.

    And then goods worth crores went missing…

    Master thief Lokesh Umrao Singh entered the jewelers showroom late on the night of 24th September (Sunday). The next day, on 25th September, he came out late in the evening with gold, silver and diamonds from the shop and caught a bus from Delhi to Madhya Pradesh at 9 pm. That means Lokesh spent 18 hours inside the showroom. In this time he had lost goods worth Rs 25 crore.

    What did you take inside?

    Master thief Lokesh has been to jail many times before. A police officer who investigated his case had told that he carried out the theft incidents alone. Even in Delhi, he had gone alone to the showroom to steal. DCP said that before going inside the shop, he had purchased a disc cutter machine from GB Road for Rs 1300. Apart from this, he had also bought a hammer from Chandni Chowk. Lokesh had brought a screwdriver with him from Chhattisgarh.

    Also read- Entered the showroom with a hammer worth Rs 100, as soon as he came out he became the owner of Rs 25 crore!

    What did you do for 18 hours?

    This question is arising in everyone’s mind that what did a thief keep doing inside the showroom for 18 hours? Lokesh is a clever thief. He has carried out many such small and big incidents. He knew that stealing could take a long time. He also chose the day very thoughtfully. Because in the area where this shop is located, there is a weekly closure on Monday. Because of this he got the whole day of Monday to commit theft. A police officer said that he had taken cashew nuts and almonds with him. When he felt hungry, he used to eat cashew nuts and almonds. It took him 18 hours to dig the tunnel and break all the lockers. After the theft he disappeared from Delhi. After investigation, the police caught him from Durg in Chhattisgarh. He was in a rented room, gold worth crores was lying on the floor. Surprisingly, there is a police post just a few meters away from his room.

  • Entered the showroom with a hammer worth Rs 100, as soon as he came out became the owner of Rs 25 crore; Lokesh is the leader of thieves!

    He is not being called a thief but is being called a ‘great thief’. FIRs are registered against him in many states. He does not commit small thefts, he simply makes goods worth crores disappear. When the shutter of Umrao Singh Jewelers opened on Tuesday morning in Bhogal area of ​​the capital Delhi, everyone was shocked. All the gold, silver and diamonds kept inside the shop were missing. The shop owner told the police that his goods worth Rs 25 crore were stolen. As soon as the news came out, police of many states became active. This is being said to be the biggest theft in Delhi so far. After scanning thousands of CCTV footage and checking records of more than 5000 mobile numbers, the police finally caught the thief. Name of the thief, Lokesh Shrivas… Work, only to steal gold, silver and diamonds. But do you know how much money Lokesh, who committed theft of Rs 25 crore in Delhi, had spent on this?

    cashew-almond thief

    Lokesh has also carried out a major incident in the year 2019. He had stolen Rs 5 crore from a gold shop. He has been to jail many times. Even after the theft of Rs 5 crore, he was not satisfied, he wanted to carry out a big incident. He had done Reiki thrice for the Delhi incident. The surprising thing is that he carried out this incident alone. He also took cashew nuts and almonds inside the showroom. Yes… because he knew that it would take hours to make goods worth crores disappear. He used to steal for 18 hours. During this time, whenever he felt hungry, he would eat cashew nuts and almonds.

    Hammer worth Rs 100 and cutter worth Rs 1300

    DCP said that Lokesh had taken a hammer, disc cutter, pliers and screwdriver with him to commit the theft. Lokesh had bought a hammer for Rs 100 from Chandni Chowk and a disc cutter for Rs 1300 from GB Road. He had brought pliers and screwdriver with him from Chhattisgarh. That is, he entered the showroom with goods worth a total of Rs 1400. He stole for a total of 18 hours and when he came out, he was a millionaire. His bag contained goods worth not just one-two crores but Rs 25 crores.

    Also read- He had taken cashew nuts and almonds in his pocket, what did the master thief Lokesh do inside the showroom for 18 hours that day?

    Why does he steal?

    Lokesh has been arrested from Chhattisgarh. The police caught him in his rented room. Gold worth crores of rupees was scattered on the floor in his room. According to the information, Lokesh earlier used to run a salon. He used to cut people’s hair. A police officer said that when he was caught, he had once told that he wanted to open a big beauty parlor. For this he steals again and again. At present he is in police custody. The inspection of the matter is going on.