Delhi’s jewel thief held in Madhubani

NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old man, the mastermind behind a robbery at the house of a jeweller in Rohini, was caught along with his accomplices from a village in Bihar on Friday.
The accused, Pradeep Yadav, worked as a help at the jeweller’s house. He along with his friends — Ranjeet, Suraj, Umesh, Sanjay and a juvenile — on May 3 entered the house, tied the jewellers’ wife Veena Manchanda, and fled with jewellery and cash worth 13 lakh.A reward of Rs 75,000 was declared by Delhi Police for Yadav’s arrest.
During investigation, five accused were caught but Pradeep had managed to escape. On a tip-off that Yadav would come to meet his associate near a bus stand in Madhubani, police laid a trap and arrested him.