The marriage season is right here, and so are the ‘Band, Baja, Baraat’ Gangs — a reputation utilized by Delhi Police for thieves who mix within the crowd at weddings as visitors and steal jewelry, shagun gadgets, presents and money from different attendees.
Yearly, leaders of infamous gangs go to villages in Madhya Pradesh to recruit new blood, police mentioned. “These recruits are then educated to mix in at weddings, to hold out the theft with out drawing any consideration,” mentioned Vikram Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Department).
On Wednesday, the Crime Department arrested 4 members of 1 such gang, who executed a sequence of bag-lifting heists, from their hideout in Gurgaon, whereas recovering 5 cell phones and 13 SIM playing cards.
The accused, Raj Kumar and his associates Sumit, Mohit, and Karan, had been arrested close to Ghitorni Metro Station by a Crime crew led by Inspector Gurmeet Singh below the supervision of ACP Rohitash Singh.
Police mentioned Raj Kumar aka Raju, 50, was the brains behind an organised community of thieves who slipped into weddings unnoticed.
The DCP mentioned Sumit and Karan raided two wedding ceremony ceremonies in Alipur, on the evening of November 12. On November 17, the duo struck once more at a high-profile wedding ceremony in a farmhouse in Chhatarpur’s Maidan Garhi.
Throughout questioning, they admitted to the crimes. “The accused disclosed that whereas Sumit and Karan entered the ceremonies to commit the thefts, Raj Kumar and Mohit waited exterior in a non-public taxi, retaining watch and giving them instructions over cell phones. After the theft, Sumit and Karan gave the stolen gadgets to Raju, who would later distribute them among the many gang members,” DCP Singh mentioned.
Police mentioned the gang has been related to a number of FIRs filed throughout Delhi.
