The incident took place at Charms Castle Society in Rajnagar Extension, when Rahul Kapri, a sales manager of a private company, witnessed the theft live and broadcast it on his mobile phone while he was on vacation with his family. .
He immediately informed the society's security staff and the police.
The accused Ayush Vohra was later arrested on Monday.
The two men lived on the same floor in Tower F, with Vohra in flat 1004 and Capri in 1007, just across the corridor, reported TOI.
Vohra entered Capri's flat around 5 am on Monday morning. He seems to have been unaware that Capri had installed a CCTV camera inside the house, which sent an alert to his phone. Kapri could see Vohra walking around in his flat. In his complaint, Capri said he immediately alerted the society's maintenance and security staff and the police. He returned to Ghaziabad on Monday afternoon and lodged a complaint,” TOI quoted ACP Nandagram Ravi Kumar as saying. According to the police official, this was the second time Vohra had broken into Kapri's flat within a month. Vohra told the police that he used to work at a call center in Noida but lost his job a few days ago. The officer explained that in need of money, he resorted to theft.
“Ayush claimed that about a month ago, his neighbor left the main door key hanging on the door lock. He took an impression of soap to make a duplicate key. He brought it to Kapri's house about a month ago. 15,000 from the Kapri family installed a CCTV camera soon after,” explained the ACP.
Capri said that on Sunday, when his family was going to Nainital, he encountered Vehra in the lift.
The accused has been charged under IPC Sections 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) and 380 (punishment for theft) and sent to judicial custody.
(with TOI input)