B’luru Family Foils Burglary Attempt Using Live CCTV Feed, Gets Dacoits Arrested

In a dramatic instance of foiled burglary, a group of seven dacoits were arrested by the Bengaluru police while attempting to rob a palatial house on Kanakapura Road in the early hours of Saturday, January 14. The residents of the house, an elderly man and his two sons, reportedly managed to outsmart five dacoits who had entered the house armed with metal rods and machetes, using live CCTV feed of their house on their phones, and a licensed gun.
Rahul Balagopal, a businessman, resides in Narayana Nagar with his father Ajay and brother Sameer. Around 5 am on Saturday, when he woke up and went to the kitchen to make coffee, he noticed that things appeared to be in disarray. On checking the live CCTV feed of different cameras in the house on his phone, he spotted the robbers hiding in various rooms of his house. Noticing that the robbers were armed with machetes and metal roads, Rahul went to his father's room and asked him to bring out his licensed gun.
The arrested dacoits have been identified as Mohammed Ninaz (21) from Bihar, Mohammed Imran Sheikh (24) from Uttar Pradesh, Mohammed Faizal (23) and Ram Bilas (27) from Rajasthan, Sunil Dange (20) from Madhya Pradesh, Rajat Mallik (21) from Odisha, and the kingpin of the gang Sheikh Kaleem (22) from Bengaluru. According to the police, the members of the gang were all working in hotels and bars in a single neighbourhood in Mumbai, where they befriended each other. Sheikh Kaleem, the only member from Bengaluru, had worked at various bars in Mumbai until a year ago. Police said they had all lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.