New Dlehi:
A house of a government employee was robbed and then set on fire in Laxmi Bai Nagar area of south Delhi. The modus operandi of the criminals involved looked similar to that of the 'fire gang' whose mastermind Delhi police claimed to have held in February. This is the second similar incident to occur in a month.
The employee, Sunil Sharma, an officer in Central Secretariat, had gone to Ambala with his family to attend a marriage ceremony when the incident happened on Saturday night.
On Sunday morning, neighbours saw smoke emanating from his house and called fire brigade and police. Cops said that it was a case of "burn and burgle" as the thieves appeared to have erased all evidence. A case has been registered.
Earlier on February 6, the house of a businessman, Vinay Shukla, was burgled and later set on fire by the gang when his family was in Kanpur to attend a marriage function. In connection with the case, kingpin of the gang Sanju was arrested on February 19.
The group used to commit burglaries in the houses in Laxmi Bai Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, Kotla and R K Puram, and later burn them to erase their trace.
The leader of the gang has a decade old history in crime with more than 1,500 burglaries to his credit. In 2002, he was an average 10-year-old staying with his father and elder sister in Sarojini Nagar. He had escaped from an observation home at least five times in the last seven years.
Within nine years, he had built his own 25-member gang, all of whom are addicted to drugs and gambling like him. The gang used to dispose off articles they had stolen through one of their contacts in Bihar.
The employee, Sunil Sharma, an officer in Central Secretariat, had gone to Ambala with his family to attend a marriage ceremony when the incident happened on Saturday night.
On Sunday morning, neighbours saw smoke emanating from his house and called fire brigade and police. Cops said that it was a case of "burn and burgle" as the thieves appeared to have erased all evidence. A case has been registered.
Earlier on February 6, the house of a businessman, Vinay Shukla, was burgled and later set on fire by the gang when his family was in Kanpur to attend a marriage function. In connection with the case, kingpin of the gang Sanju was arrested on February 19.
The group used to commit burglaries in the houses in Laxmi Bai Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, Kotla and R K Puram, and later burn them to erase their trace.
The leader of the gang has a decade old history in crime with more than 1,500 burglaries to his credit. In 2002, he was an average 10-year-old staying with his father and elder sister in Sarojini Nagar. He had escaped from an observation home at least five times in the last seven years.
Within nine years, he had built his own 25-member gang, all of whom are addicted to drugs and gambling like him. The gang used to dispose off articles they had stolen through one of their contacts in Bihar.
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