The well-known thief and Indian celebrity Devendra Singh, behind half a thousand robberies in India, was arrested after committing a new crime in New Delhi following the same ‘modus operandi’ that characterized the life that led him to the big screen.
The capital’s police confirmed to Efe on Friday the arrest of Singh, to whom some 500 robberies carried out throughout the country are attributed, half of them only in New Delhi, while fleeing along a highway in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
The report of two robberies carried out in two contiguous neighborhoods in the south of the capital alerted the authorities, who after analyzing several security cameras found the vehicle in which the suspect was trying to flee, according to the Police of the southern district of Nueva Delhi in a statement.
Singh took three mobile phones, bags, two laptops, designer shoes, a wristwatch, a car, various electrical items and five televisions that night, police said.
Singh’s criminal record, who committed his first robbery at just 14 years old, helped the Bollywood industry to recreate his life in a film that was released in 2008 under the title “Hey Lucky, Hey Lucky.”
After the tape, which describes him as an intrepid man who robs elites for fun and with a unique style, the thief appeared in some interviews and even participated in the well-known television show Big Brother in 2010.
India’s “super thief” had already been arrested by police in the southern state of Kerala in 2013 for breaking into the home of an important businessman, where he stole household items and a high-end car.
For this and other cases, Singh was sentenced to ten years in prison. After serving time last March, he moved to New Delhi to continue his addictive life of robbery, which according to the police investigation, he committed to finance his lavish lifestyle.
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