Man Steals Pet Dog in Delhi, Cops Crack Case in 15 Hours

Delhi Police helped a woman find her stolen dog is winning hearts on social media.

Police said the dog’s owner, Shruti Dwivedi, an astrologer, had reported that an unknown person had kidnaped her pet. On Friday, Dwivedi told police that while her house help was taking the dog, Nanhi, in an auto-rickshaw, it jumped out and ran towards CR Park Market. Police said a man wearing a helmet chased the dog for nearly 2 km and then kidnapped it.

The police officer said, “We had received a complaint from Dwivedi about her dog being stolen. We checked the CCTV footage and found that the accused put the dog in his bag and fled on his bike. So we registered a case and sent almost seven teams to look for the dog.”

Police teams led by SHO (CR Park) Ritesh Sharma started looking for the accused. More than 110 CCTVs were scanned, and CCTV mapping was done to trace the route the accused took.

The Delhi Police rescued an eight-year-old Shih Tzu, which was stolen by a man from South Delhi’s CR Park and sold for Rs 2,000 to another person in Nawada.

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“We found out that he went to Nawada. Teams were sent there to conduct an enquiry and look for the Shih Tzu. We then found a local resident with a dog at his house. He claimed he bought the dog for Rs 2,000 from his friend. The dog was rescued. It was left in the corner, and was starving. We brought it back to the station and called Dwivedi. In less than 15 hours, the dog and its owner were reunited,” added the officer.

Meanwhile, raids were conducted to trace the accused. He was identified as Dharmender Rai, a security guard, and he was arrested from his home in Badarpur. He told police he picked up the dog thinking it was an expensive breed and he could sell it.