He is not being called a thief but is being called a ‘great thief’. FIRs are registered against him in many states. He does not commit small thefts, he simply makes goods worth crores disappear. When the shutter of Umrao Singh Jewelers opened on Tuesday morning in Bhogal area of the capital Delhi, everyone was shocked. All the gold, silver and diamonds kept inside the shop were missing. The shop owner told the police that his goods worth Rs 25 crore were stolen. As soon as the news came out, police of many states became active. This is being said to be the biggest theft in Delhi so far. After scanning thousands of CCTV footage and checking records of more than 5000 mobile numbers, the police finally caught the thief. Name of the thief, Lokesh Shrivas… Work, only to steal gold, silver and diamonds. But do you know how much money Lokesh, who committed theft of Rs 25 crore in Delhi, had spent on this?
cashew-almond thief
Lokesh has also carried out a major incident in the year 2019. He had stolen Rs 5 crore from a gold shop. He has been to jail many times. Even after the theft of Rs 5 crore, he was not satisfied, he wanted to carry out a big incident. He had done Reiki thrice for the Delhi incident. The surprising thing is that he carried out this incident alone. He also took cashew nuts and almonds inside the showroom. Yes… because he knew that it would take hours to make goods worth crores disappear. He used to steal for 18 hours. During this time, whenever he felt hungry, he would eat cashew nuts and almonds.
Hammer worth Rs 100 and cutter worth Rs 1300
DCP said that Lokesh had taken a hammer, disc cutter, pliers and screwdriver with him to commit the theft. Lokesh had bought a hammer for Rs 100 from Chandni Chowk and a disc cutter for Rs 1300 from GB Road. He had brought pliers and screwdriver with him from Chhattisgarh. That is, he entered the showroom with goods worth a total of Rs 1400. He stole for a total of 18 hours and when he came out, he was a millionaire. His bag contained goods worth not just one-two crores but Rs 25 crores.
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Why does he steal?
Lokesh has been arrested from Chhattisgarh. The police caught him in his rented room. Gold worth crores of rupees was scattered on the floor in his room. According to the information, Lokesh earlier used to run a salon. He used to cut people’s hair. A police officer said that when he was caught, he had once told that he wanted to open a big beauty parlor. For this he steals again and again. At present he is in police custody. The inspection of the matter is going on.
