A notorious laptop thief who targeted people travelling in the Delhi Metro was arrested, police said Thursday.
The accused was identified as 32-year-old Raqib Ahmad, a resident of Sri Nagar district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Delhi Police's Metro unit said in a statement here.
Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested Ahmad on September 3 from a hotel in Paharganj in connection with a theft case, DCP (Metro) Deepak Gauri said.
During interrogation, Ahmad told the police that he used to sell the stolen laptops to a man in Srinagar.
"The accused person used to come to Delhi from Srinagar and stay in various hotels in Paharganj area for 20-25 days at stretch. After having stolen several laptops, he returned to Srinagar for supplying/selling these to Wahid in Srinagar," the statement said.
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