₹25 crore Delhi jewellery heist: How police tracked and arrested the suspects from Chhattisgarh
It was a digital maze... a needle in a haystack.... With around 5,000 active mobile phone numbers in the vicinity of the jewelry shop heist, the police faced a daunting task....to pinpoint the crucial number. Using cutting-edge software capable of analyzing vast datasets, the investigators eventually honed in on a specific number starting as 96691792.. This number, registered outside Delhi in the name of Ajay Bharwe, held the key to unraveling the mystery.The police probed the "connections" linked to this number. Their digital detective work revealed two other suspicious numbers..... One of these starting with 7748... was traced to have been active at the scene of the crime. Further scrutiny indicated that these numbers had also been active on September 10th and 17th, suggesting the involvement of these individuals in reconnaissance on those dates.With leads in hand, the police launched a relentless pursuit. The trail led them from Bhogal to Kashmere Gate and then to Sagar in Madhya Pradesh.... But it didn't stop there.... It continued to Chhattisgarh.The Crime Branch teams tracked the suspect's movements through Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. In a surprising turn of events, when they reached Kashmere Gate.... they discovered that the accused had booked a bus ticket to Sagar in his own name. The suspect's description matched the footage from Bhogal market, solidifying their suspicions.As the pursuit intensified, Chhattisgarh police also made headway. They had been following the main suspect, Lokesh Srivas, in another theft case. When the Delhi police reached Raipur, they joined forces with the local police. In a parallel development, officers from Bilaspur police station closed in on Srivas's hideout in Kabir Dham. Although he managed to escape, an associate, Shiva Chandravanshi, was apprehended. Chandravanshi provided crucial information about Srivas's whereabouts.Through digital analysis, tireless pursuit, and collaborative efforts, the police closed in on their targets. Lokesh Srivas, the mastermind, was finally apprehended, bringing an end to the elaborate jewelry heist.