A Class 9 student has has been apprehended for allegedly stealing his mother's gold to finance his female friend's birthday party and gift her an iPhone in southwest Delhi's Najafgarh area, police said Wednesday.
The matter came to light after the boy's mother lodged an FIR reporting house theft by an unknown person, following which a probe was launched and the teenager was identified as the culprit.
Police said that the accused sold a gold earring, gold ring and gold chain of his mother to two different goldsmiths in the Kakrola area here and bought the high-end phone for the girl, with whom he was allegedly in a relationship.
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The police have arrested a 40-year-old goldsmith, identified as Kamal Verma, and recovered one gold ring and earring.
"On August 3, an incident of house theft was reported by a woman in which she reported the theft of two gold chains, one pair of gold earrings and one gold ring from her house on August 2, by unknown person between 8 am to 3 pm," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Ankit Singh said.
Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered into the matter and an investigation was taken up, the officer said.
"CCTV footage of the crime scene was checked, but no suspicious activity was found near the house of the complainant at the time of the incident. The team further examined the neighbourhood for any clues but no one witnessed any suspicious activity during the said time," the DCP added.
Ruling out the involvement of outsiders, the team then focused on the family members and found that the son of the complainant was missing since the burglary. The team started gathering information and questioned his school friends.
"Our team got to know that he (accused) had purchased a new iPhone worth ₹50,000. The team conducted many raids on his hideouts at Dharampura, Kakrola and Najafgarh, but everytime he managed to escape. On Tuesday, a tipoff
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