Same burglar behind recent Indirapuram thefts?

GHAZIABAD: A spate of burglaries in

Indirapuram

has left police in a tizzy. On January 5, two flat break-ins were reported from Ashiana Greens when the owners were away for winter vacation. On Wednesday, another burglary was reported from a ground-floor flat in the same society during the afternoon.


Both flats that were burgled on January 5 are adjacent to each other on the second floor of a low-rise block in the middle of the society. The flats belong to Vikas Srivastava and Vishal Joshi, both of whom had returned from their vacations on January 5.

Cash and jewellery worth Rs 2.5 lakh were stolen from the flat of Srivastava, who works with a private firm in Noida. Loss from the burglary in the flat of Vishal, a software engineer, was comparatively less. “The thefts were identical. During investigations, police found the CCTV camera facing this block had been turned around,” SK Singh, a resident, said.

Police suspect the burglar, who died after falling nine floors in Amba G Residency, behind the thefts. On the morning of January 5, two other burglaries had been reported from flats in Exotica East Square. All these housing societies, including Amba G residency, where the burglary took place on Wednesday morning, are located next to each in Ahimsa Khand 2.

In December, a fifth-floor flat in Amrapalli Village off Kala Patthar Road in Indirapuram had also been burgled while its owner was away. The main door of the flat was intact, and police suspect duplicate keys had been used to break in into the house.

Senior police officers had met Indirapuram residents on January 6 to discuss adoptable security measures in the township. “Till now, CCTV footage has not been of any help in tracing the criminals. We suspect that the burglar, who died from the fall on Wednesday, behind all the thefts,” additional superintendent of police Ravi Kumar said.