Five Bangladeshis arrested in Delhi

Five Bangladeshis were arrested in east Delhi for their alleged involvement in a month-old burglary case, police said today.

The arrested have been identified as Abu Jalil, Alamgir Abbu Said, Muneer and Alamgir. They were arrested yesterday from Anand Vihar.

The gang had on December 11 entered a house in Dayanand Vihar and overpowered the family, held them hostage on gun point and decamped with cash, jewellery and other articles.

During investigations, it came to light that a Bangladeshi gang was involved in the robbery.

"All those released from jails recently were scrutinised and verified and during this process, an input was received that Jalil and Saidul who had recently gone to Bangladesh have returned to Delhi," a senior police official said. This led to the arrestes.

"Bangladeshi criminals sneak into India with the assistance of professional touts who also help them in procuring arms in India. They stayed in a rented single room accommodation which was used as a hideout.

"They effectively used to gather information through Bangladeshi maid servants about presence of large amount of cash and jewellery in the targeted households.  After the commission of crime they use couriers as who are also Bangladeshis who help them in getting the looted booty across the border," the official said.