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The CISF posted at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) has arrested a man who used to steal mobile phones and laptops of passengers from around the airport premises. Giving information about this thief, officials said that the accused has been identified as Dharmendra, who used to target victims in the Metro Skywalk area.
The Metro Skywalk is the area that connects the Delhi Airport Metro’s IGI station to the airport. On June 23, around 4 am, an intelligence team of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) deployed in plainclothes nabbed the man while he was allegedly stealing a woman’s purse, officials said.
He said the accused had similarly stolen the mobile phone, wallet, clothes and documents of a CISF constable from outside the terminal area in May. Besides, he had also stolen laptops and mobile phones of other passengers from the skywalk area this year.
After being caught, CISF handed over the accused to Delhi Police, which arrested him and registered a case under sections 379 (theft) and 411 (possession of stolen property) of the IPC.