To bail out lover, girl burgles employer’s house

New Delhi, She might have done it for love but finds herself handcuffed. A domestic maid, to bail out her lover in judicial custody, burgled the house in which she worked and tried to get away with perhaps more than the bail amount.Read More................To bail out lover, girl burgles employer’s house

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Burglers robbed garment shops for starting own shop

New Delhi: Delhi Police claimed to have busted a gang of burglars, who wanted to start a garment shop using the stolen goods, with the arrest of three youths allegedly involved in at least nine cases.

The receiver of the stolen goods has also been apprehended with police recovering 9.5 kg of silver, 1.2 kg of gold, three LCDs, three laptops and ten gas cylinders besides a large number of sarees they stole from a garment shop. Read More................Burglers robbed garment shops for starting own shop

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Son-in-law gets In-laws house burgled

BANGALORE: When it came to his son-in-law Selvam, things couldn’t have been worse for Jayaprakash of Fraser Town. First, Selvam eloped with his daughter and after the family accepted him, he got their house burgled. Selvam is behind bars now. Read more.......................Son-in-law gets house burgled

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Burglars flee with carpets from house

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha member and noted criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani's Akbar Road home was burgled last week and the miscreants made away with some rather unusual valuables two carpets reportedly worth lakhs of rupees. Read more...............................Burglars strike at Jethmalani house, flee with carpets

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Honour Burgling

When Murali got caught for breaking into a finger print expert's house in 1998, he made sure that he committed a successful heist on the same house after he served his term in jail. It was only when this die-hard Rajinikanth fan confessed to the crime two years later, did the police realise that it was a case of 'honour burgling'.

Defeated on his own turf, the fingerprint expert confronted Murali and asked how the latter managed to break in and make a getaway without leaving behind any finger prints. "Simple sir, your old banian helped me. I wrapped it around my fingers during my operation," said the former burglar who has now turned to full-time carpentry in Tirupathi. Read more..................................When burglary is a tease

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This Burglar is inspired by his Wife

This crafty burglar named Balaraman from Chennai in Tamil Nadu state of India stands out for his style. He's not the kind who breaks into a house and snatches what he can. Lazy some may call it, but Balaraman likes to spend five to six hours inside a house, looting it inch by inch.

This burglar, after his job is done raids the kitchen for food. "I do not like hotel food. I hate it. In ‘my’ houses I used to come across good food, delicious and sumptuous," he once told a counsellor.

As per Balaraman he was forced to commit burglaries by none other than his wife.

"Used to a luxurious lifestyle, she found my income from carpentry too small. Any criminal gets caught only once in every three or four ventures. So once the spoils of two or three burglaries reach my wife, I am mentally prepared for a spell in prison when I venture out for the third or fourth raid," he says. Read more............................A crafty burglar

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Burglar who cleans & weighs his Loot

CHENNAI: Gopi is a smart burglar. The Kerala-born, converted Christian targets only houses owned by NRIs. He enters each home armed with three priceless items a jewellers weighing scale, a bottle of water and a piece of sponge.

Why, of all things, a weighing scale? As soon as he strikes gold, Gopi spreads it out and meticulously weighs his haul. He notes the exact weight of the loot Burglar who weighs his every move so that tomorrow, when I am caught, police do not under-declare the recovery and pocket a portion of my booty.

As for the bottle and sponge, both are integral to his operation Gopi wipes clean the scene of crime once he finishes, ensuring that he does not leave behind any finger or footprint. Read more.........................Burglar who weighs his every move

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Thieves stop Burglaries as Mercury dips

The long drawn chilly spell in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state of India may have a bright side to it after all. Burglars too are not venturing out.

Crime trends over the past few days record a phenomenon that could only be attributed to the chill-effect. There has been a drop by almost 40 per cent in the house break-ins and general crimes committed in late hours. Read more............................................Mercury dips, so do burglaries

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This thief maintained a diary of his escapades

Here is a thief who was caught because he used to actually maintain a diary of his escapades. There are 15 instances of burglaries recorded in the diary.

Devanand was arrested by local crime branch (LCB) officials of Sarkhej. No, not the Bollywood legend, this Devanand is a thief. Devendra Singh, 23, adopted this rather illustrious alias as he went around many spots of Gujarat breaking into shops, factories and homes. Read more..............Diary gives away smart thief

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