Guest house owner arrested for shoplifting

January 19th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS  

New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) A 42-year-old woman who owns a guest house in old Delhi was arrested for shoplifting here, police said Wednesday.Sunita Sharma, involved in two cases of theft from shops in Sarojini Nagar market in south Delhi, was caught Tuesday after cops examined the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage of one of the shops, police said.

“The accused had stolen a Philips DVD player Dec 29, 2010, from a shop in Sarojini Nagar. She entered the shop, unplugged one of the players on display, hid it under her shawl and left,” an official said.

However, upon realization, the shopkeeper identified the lady through the CCTV footage and alerted the nearby shopkeepers.

Sharma, on the other hand, visited the shop again Jan 15 but was recognised and caught. Somehow, she managed to escape but left behind her purse in the shop.

“The accused was arrested from her residence in Darya Ganj. It was revealed that she had previously been arrested for her involvement in other theft cases,” the official added.

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