Master chef during the day, thief at night… used to steal the goods from home within a few minutes with Master KEY, then used to hide the gold in the hotel’s scooter.
RK Puram police station of South-West Delhi has arrested a thief who is a chef in a famous 5 star hotel by profession. The accused used to work as a South Indian chef in a hotel in Dwarka, but the greed for luxurious life and easy money pushed him into the world of crime.
The modus operandi of Nilesh alias Nikesh (22 years) was very vicious. He especially used to target houses with ‘Chinese lock’. He had a master key with which he could enter the house by opening the lock and after committing the theft, he would lock the house again, so that the landlord would not immediately get suspicious.
The family went to the wedding
The incident took place on 14 February 2026, when T. Sen, resident of RK Puram Sector-1, had gone to Rajasthan with his family for a wedding. When they returned on February 18, the house was locked, but Rs 3.5 lakh in cash and a huge amount of jewelery were missing from inside. When the police scanned the CCTV footage, a suspect was seen opening the gate and after half an hour running away on a scooter with the luggage.
This is how ‘Master Chef’ got trapped
Police identified the suspect as Nilesh, resident of RK Puram. During interrogation, he made the excuse of his night duty, but the technical investigation of the police and his financial transactions exposed him. After strict interrogation, he confessed that he had hidden the stolen jewelery inside a stolen scooter parked in the hotel parking lot.
What did the thief find?
- a master key
- a stolen scooter
- a scooter used in the crime
- ₹2.69 lakh
- two gold rings
- a gold nose ring
- a pair of earrings
- two gold nose pins
- two pairs of anklets
- a couple pinch (silver)
- five rings
- a silver coin
Investigation revealed that Nilesh had attempted theft twice before. At present, the police is investigating whether he has committed similar incidents in other areas of the city.
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