Overview
- Ajay Bagga, the suspect seen in viral CCTV going door-to-door with a blue bag, was arrested Wednesday after investigators traced him using citywide camera footage and technical surveillance.
- Police linked him to two cases: an April 21 Pitampura robbery reported to have taken about Rs 4 lakh in cash and gold worth roughly Rs 25 lakh, and a May 8 Keshav Puram trespass and intimidation case under India’s new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Investigators say he posed as an AC or RO repairman or a delivery worker, rang doorbells to test targets, and pulled out a sickle to scare residents as soon as a door opened.
- In the Keshav Puram attempt on May 8, a woman’s alarm forced him to flee, and officers later recovered the sickle he threw into a nearby park.
- Police say he confessed to the two incidents and they are checking for accomplices and other linked break-ins, as resident groups keep warning neighbors to verify service calls and avoid opening doors to strangers.