3 held for stealing mobile phone connected to IAF's intra-net

New Delhi: Police on Monday claimed to have solved a case of burglary at an Air Force officer's house from where a mobile phone connected to IAF's intra-net was stolen with the arrest of three accused and the recovery of the phone.

Harish Singh Panwar (20), a hardened criminal who was earlier nabbed in around 30 cases, was yesterday arrested by a Crime Branch team from a crossing near Rajdoot hotel, Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) said.

Panwar, who used to consume drugs to prepare himself for burglaries, also carried a country-made pistol and cartridges which were seized from him along with house breaking tools, Yadav said.

He had burgled the house of the officer at Sujan Singh Park on June 8 morning and had decamped with valuables including laptop, jewellery and mobile phones including the one connected with air force intra-net used for official communication, he said.

During interrogation he told the names of two persons who used to buy his stolen goods. The duo Raj Kumar Jain and Babloo were also arrested, Yadav added.