Burglar hides in bank, held
August 3rd, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A 21-year-old man has been arrested from a bank where he hid himself in order to commit burglary, police said Tuesday.
Police said that Shiv Dutt, a resident of Sagarpur in west Delhi, entered a Punjab National Bank branch in Janakpuri Monday evening and hid himself.
After the bank closed for business, Dutt broke open an almirah, but did not find any cash. He also failed to break into the bank’s strong room.
Frustrated, he stole around 30 cheques and was trying to sneak out when some passer-by heard some noise and informed the Police Control Room, Additional Commissioner of Police V. Renganathan said.
Police entered the bank early Tuesday morning and found Dutt hiding inside a cavity between the roof and the ceiling.
Dutt told the police that he fell prey to an advertisement of easy loans and lost Rs.13,500 which he borrowed from his friend.
To meet the mounting pressure from his friend to return the borrowed money, Dutt, a cosmetics items salesman, planned to burgle the bank.
- Man, five minors held for thefts - Mar 02, 2011
- Man held for cheating AIIMS nurse - Oct 16, 2011
- Robbers strike bank officer's house, loot Rs.8 lakh - Feb 03, 2011
- 'Bollywood inspired' student held for forgery - Mar 06, 2011
- Foreign exchange agent found strangled - Aug 31, 2011
- Rs.1 crore burglary at Delhi bank cashier's house - Jul 25, 2011
- West Delhi area rocked by four robberies in 90 minutes - Jan 10, 2011
- Germany's dumbest bank robber (Osnabruck resident) jailed for 7 years - Dec 02, 2011
- Swedish national drugged, robbed - Mar 14, 2011
- Girl attempts suicide after obscene MMS clip circulated - Dec 31, 2011
- Man killed in attempted robbery - Feb 24, 2011
- Chidambaram's ancestral home burgled in Tamil Nadu - Aug 15, 2011
- Three school student held for murder - Mar 15, 2011
- I'm not sorry, you're dumb: Thief to victims - Nov 24, 2011
- Nine houses burgled in one night in south Delhi - Mar 06, 2012
Tags: advertisement, almirah, aug 2, burglar, burglary, cavity, cheques, commissioner of police, cosmetics, early tuesday, easy loans, money, New Delhi, old man, prey, punjab national bank, shiv, strong room, tuesday morning, west delhi