As supervisor, MBA graduate carried out thefts in colony: Cops
Bhopal: Awadhpuri police on Thursday claimed to have solved four consecutive theft cases by arresting the accused—a colony supervisor who reportedly used his knowledge of the area and residents' movements to carry out the crimes.
The accused was caught while trying to verify if the gold he stole was genuine. Awadhpuri police recovered 160 grams of gold jewellery worth Rs16 lakh and Rs 58,000 in cash from his possession.
Awadhpuri SHO Ratan Singh Parihar said that the accused, Rohit Pal, 27, a resident of Bangrasia, was working as a supervisor in the same colony where the thefts occurred. He holds an MBA degree and previously worked for the builder during the colony's development.
This gave him an insider's understanding of house layouts and how doors could be accessed—particularly by reaching through windows from the terrace.
One of the theft victims, Ankur Babeley, a resident of Soumya Green Valley Colony on BDA Road, reported that he went to Chhatarpur with his family on May 22 and returned on May 28 to find his house ransacked. The main gate's lock was intact, but the first-floor door handle was broken.
Jewellery and cash amounting to Rs75,000 were stolen. Similar thefts occurred at three other homes in the area.
During the investigation, police noticed similarities in all the cases, indicating they were carried out by the same person—someone familiar with the colony and residents' travel schedules. CCTV footage from the area was reviewed, and informants were activated.
The breakthrough came when an informant tipped off police that a man visited a local jeweller to check the authenticity of gold ornaments. Based on suspicion, police detained colony supervisor Rohit Pal. Upon questioning, he confessed to all the thefts. He confessed that he committed the thefts to arrange money for his drug habits and luxurious demands.
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