Thaindian News

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested a 54-year-old man who allegedly stole goods from five-star hotels in the capital after he lost his job during the economic recession, officials said Wednesday.
Rajiv Goel was arrested Tuesday on the complaint of Ajay whose laptop the accused had allegedly stolen.

“On Sep 1, Goel using a fake delegate card managed to enter a workshop-cum-exhibition organised at Shangri-La Hotel in New Delhi. At around 2 p.m. when guests went for lunch, they left their laptops and related goods on their respective tables in the conference hall,” said a senior police officer.

“Goel while pretending to be sipping soup entered back into the conference hall and lifted a laptop which belonged to Ajay and went out. When Ajay returned to his table, he found his laptop missing. He raised an alarm and alerted the security staff,” the police officer added.

The security staff acted immediately and caught the accused with the laptop near the staircase while he was trying to leave the hotel.

“On interrogation, Goel disclosed that he was working as a senior executive in a private company but lost his job due to economic recession nearly one and half years ago. He is well acquainted with the five-star hotel culture because he had worked as a marketing executive,” the police officer added.

“The accused committed thefts due to unemployment. He has stolen laptops from Oberoi Hotel, Imperial Hotel and the Shangri-La Hotel. He has been arrested and a case has been registered against him. Further investigations in the matter are on,” the police officer said.

–Indo-Asian News service

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