New Delhi: Two pickpockets were arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi for allegedly stealing a flyer's wallet containing Rs 2,100 cash, foreign currency and bank cards.
Officials said the incident was reported around 5 AM when a CISF security personnel deployed to check the CCTV footage of the bus terminal area at the international arrival noticed suspicious activity of the duo.
The CISF official immediately alerted his on-duty colleagues who intercepted the two and recovered the wallet of the flier, identified as A Siddiqui, who was coming from Dubai and travelling to Patna.
"Siddiqui was later tracked over CCTV and he was handed over his wallet before he boarded a flight to Patna. Till this time, he was unaware about the theft. He later made a complaint in this regard after which the police booked and arrested the two pickpockets," they said.
Officials said the incident was reported around 5 AM when a CISF security personnel deployed to check the CCTV footage of the bus terminal area at the international arrival noticed suspicious activity of the duo.
The CISF official immediately alerted his on-duty colleagues who intercepted the two and recovered the wallet of the flier, identified as A Siddiqui, who was coming from Dubai and travelling to Patna.
"Siddiqui was later tracked over CCTV and he was handed over his wallet before he boarded a flight to Patna. Till this time, he was unaware about the theft. He later made a complaint in this regard after which the police booked and arrested the two pickpockets," they said.
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