Delhi cop who ‘stole’ Rs 51 lakh from malkhana sent to one-week police custody

Head Constable Khurshid, the accused, was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Shriya Aggarwal on Tuesday. Police sought his custody for making recoveries and to unearth the conspiracy behind the alleged act.

Officers also said that police wanted to confirm if other persons aided him in committing the alleged offence.

The Head Constable had been deployed with the Special Cell — he was one of the security personnel at the same malkhana where he allegedly committed the theft — till May 24. As per the police, he had been transferred to the Northeast Delhi district after he made a request.

Khurshid was arrested Saturday morning shortly after he was seen in CCTV footage carrying items found missing from the storehouse.

After a duty officer noticed that the door to the storage room was ajar, he decided to check the CCTV footage, which eventually led to the Head Constable’s arrest.

As per the police, Khurshid had allegedly executed a similar heist at the malkhana about 45 days ago, when he was deployed as an assistant to the malkhana-in-charge.

The malkhana, which is under high security, has a deployment of Nagaland Police personnel. There also exists a duty officer who checks the details of everyone who enters the complex. Another duty officer checks entrants for the final time before they enter the malkhana.

According to police, Khurshid allegedly committed the crime because he wanted to repay his debts after he lost a huge amount of money in online gambling.