ONE OF THE ACCUSED PERSONS RANDHIR SINGH IS A HARDCORE CRIMINAL PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN A MURDER CASE OF LUDHIANA, PUNJAB AND THEFT OF ATM MACHINE AT UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, ACCUSED RANDHIR SINGH WAS WORKING AS CRANE OPERATOR AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE WHILE OTHER ACCUSED WAS WORKING AS A LABOUR. ACCUSED RANDHIR SINGH WAS ARRESTED FROM HIS NATIVE VILLAGE IN AMRITSAR, COMPLETE STOLEN CABLE AROUND 1200 METERS RECOVERED.
Face2News / New Delhi
Complainant Dev Singh r/o Rajpura Gurmandi, Budh Vihar, Delhi reported that he works as Supervisor in a construction company which is engaged in the construction of metro station at Sadar Bazar. On the intervening night of 02-03/11/2025, someone stole copper cable/wire around 1200 meters (value about Rs. 15 lacs) from the construction site at Sadar Thana Road, Sadar Bazar, Delhi. Subsequently, he registered an online case vide e-FIR No. 80105125/25 u/s 303(2) BNS dated 05.11.2025 at PS Sadar Bazar, Delhi.
During investigation, footages of about 50 CCTV cameras at the scene of crime and the vicinity were minutely checked and analyzed in which two persons were seen loading stolen items from the site on a truck and taking away. The complainant identified one of the accused persons as Randhir Singh who worked as Crane Operator at the construction site. Further, the mobile number and other details of accused Randhir Singh was obtained from the construction company and on the basis of technical surveillance, the current location of his mobile phone was found in Amritsar, Punjab which was the native place of accused Randhir Singh. Further, the police team was immediately sent to Amritsar Punjab and on 08.11.2025, a raid was conducted at his native place from where he was apprehended.
He was taken to Delhi and during his PC remand, he disclosed that he had stolen the copper cable/wire from the metro site with the help of one Pankaj Kumar who also works there as a labour. Further, at his instance, his co-accused Pankaj Kumar was also arrested on 10.11.2025 from the construction site. Accused Randhir Singh also disclosed that he had hidden the stolen copper wire at the house of an acquaintance in Bhalswa Dairy area which was also recovered at his instance.
INTERROGATION: Mr. Raja Banthia IPS, DCP, said, during interrogation, accused Randhir Singh disclosed that he works as a crane operator at the under construction metro site at Sadar Bazar. He is a drug addict and for the last 3-4 months, he was facing financial difficulties and he was in search of an opportunity to earn easy money. He noticed that a large quantity of copper cable worth lacs of rupees was lying at the site for few days.
He was also aware that the recording facility of the CCTV cameras at the site was only of 7 days and he was of the apprehension that nobody would ask for this cable in next few days. So, he planned to steal the cable for which he enticed a labour Pankaj Kumar who was responsible for issuing passes during night for getting entry in the compound where the cable was lying. Then, they decided to steal the cable on the night of 02.11.2025 being Sunday as only a few labour remain present on Sunday night. On that night, they loaded the cable in a truck and accused Randhir Singh took the truck having stolen cable at a house in Bhalswa Dairy area and after unloaded the cable in the room, he locked the room and escape to his native place in Amritsar, Punjab.
PROFILE OF ACCUSED PERSON: Randhir Singh, age 29 years, R/o PS Tarsikka, Amritsar, Punjab. Previously he was involved in 04 cases including a murder case of Ludhiana, Punjab; Robbery, Theft and Burglary cases of PS Gobardhan Vilas, Udaipur, Rajasthan. Pankaj Kumar, age 29 years R/o Sitamani, Bihar. He was working as a labour at the under construction site of metro at Sadar Bazar.