DU student arrested for robbing camera

A 24-year-old Delhi University student was arrested for allegedly robbing a DSLR camera from an amateur photographer at the Tughlaqabad Fort, police said today.

The police were informed about the incident yesterday.

Krishan Singh (19), an amateur photographer, who is undergoing photography training from an institute in Delhi, told police that he was contacted through Facebook by two persons for preparing their portfolio.

Therefore, he came to the Tughlaqabad Fort for a photoshoot of his clients.

While they were doing the photoshoot, two men came towards them and said they did not have permission to click pictures at the fort, police added.

The accused started assaulting the complainant and robbed his professional Nikon DSLR camera and ran away from the spot, they said.

A case was registered at the Govindpuri police station.

During the course of investigation, thorough search operation was launched at the Tughlaqabad Fort and the adjoining jungle area. On the basis of description of the accused, people with similar identities were questioned and secret informers were also deployed, the police said.

Subsequently, one Vishal, a resident of Tughlaqabad village, was nabbed near a shop in Tughlakabad Village and the robbed camera was recovered from him, they added.

During interrogation, the accused revealed that he is a second-year student pursuing his BA (Pass) course from the Delhi University through correspondence.

He told the police he is addicted to liquor and at times he went to the Tughlaqabad jungle area for drinking. There he met one Irshad and the duo bonded over their liquor addiction.

They saw the victim clicking pictures and decided to rob his camera to get money for liquor, police said.