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Chabad House security guard arrested for stealing Israel Defense officer’s bag in Bengaluru
The Bengaluru police have recovered the missing bag, along with Rs 2,000, from the accused's possession.
A Bengaluru security guard has been accus ag of a visiting IDF officer at the Chabad House in Shivajinagar.
An outsourced security guard at the Chabad House in Bengaluru was arrested last week on charges of stealing the bag of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer.
The police said the accused, Dorai Raj, 55, stole the bag on December 15, belonging to Ora Ben-Hur, a woman IDF officer, who was part of an official delegation visiting India.
The manager of the Chabad House in Shivajinagar complained to the Commercial Street police station that, when the delegation visited the Jewish community centre on December 15, the security guards were supposed to bring the visitors’ luggage to their rooms.
However, of the two bags she brought, Ben-Hur received only one. The woman IDF officer and others searched for the missing bag but could not locate it. Later, they found CCTV footage from a nearby shop showing Raj walking away with the other bag.
“The offence is non-cognizable and bailable. Dorai Raj has been released on station bail but will have to appear for questioning whenever summoned. Neither the IDF officer nor the Israeli consulate has complained about other valuables or documents missing from the bag. We have questioned Dorai Raj, and he confessed that he carried the bag assuming it would contain more money,” a police officer said.
The police have recovered the missing bag, along with the Rs 2,000 it contained, from Raj’s possession.
A case has been registered under Section 303 (2) (theft) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
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