Lucknow: He is a Class 12 pass CCTV operator, but his remarkable three-day effort helped police crack a jewellery theft, committed on Nov 7, at Darulshafa Vidhayak Niwas.Abhishek, who operates CCTV cameras at Darulshafa, stayed awake for three consecutive days, meticulously scanning footage to track down the burglar. He had installed a camera in a flat opposite the burgled house the very next day after the incident. After three days of monitoring, the camera captured Nihal collecting a chisel and hammer, which he allegedly used to commit the burglary.Acting on Abhishek’s information, police arrested Nihal and recovered the stolen jewellery, including chains, earrings, rings and silver anklets.On Nov 7, 2026, Santosh Kumar Verma, a resident of B-Block, second floor, lodged a complaint at Hazratganj police station, stating that he had left for work in the morning and returned home around 6.30 pm. On reaching home, he found the inner latch of the entrance door broken. Inside, he discovered that an iron almirah had been knocked over, with its door and locker forced open. Empty boxes that had contained gold and silver jewellery lay scattered on the floor, while the ornaments were missing.“After the theft, we installed a CCTV camera the very next day in a flat opposite the house where the burglary had taken place. Coincidentally, Nihal, who worked as a sweeper at the victim’s house, came there to collect a chisel and hammer. The footage captured his movements, which proved crucial in identifying and tracing him,” Abhishek told TOI.Abhishek also independently examined other CCTV footage and managed to trace Nihal’s location in Hussainganj.Acting on the information and location details provided by Abhishek, police tracked down Nihal, who allegedly confessed to planning the theft for several days. On Nov 7, when nobody was home, he allegedly broke the door lock, forced open the almirah and fled with the jewellery kept inside.
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