Overview
- An Uzbek national reported on February 15 that $7,200 was taken from his sling bag while visiting the Jama Masjid market with his family.
- Investigators used CCTV from multiple cameras, technical surveillance, and field intelligence to identify two boys aged 13 and 15 from New Seelampur.
- Police say the juveniles acted at their father’s behest and passed him the stolen cash to reduce suspicion.
- The father was arrested and $2,500 and the victim’s ATM card were found on him, with $4,000 seized at his residence plus a phone allegedly bought with the money and Rs 4,700, totaling $7,082 recovered.
- Police records indicate the man had a 2013 robbery case and the juveniles had prior theft-related involvements.