NEW DELHI: The Delhi Congress organised a high tea last week with the idea of giving its leaders and workers space for free interaction and bonding. As it turned out, the space was best utilised by pickpocket( s), who did more than just rub shoulders with budding netas. At least three netas found their wallets missing, with around Rs 35,000 in cash gone.One of the victims, Heera Lal Solanki , 47, lost Rs 22,000 while two others have reported around Rs 10,000 and Rs 2,400 missing.In his complaint, Solanki said he had gone to the DPCC office (Rajiv Bhawan) at Deen Dayal Upadhaya Marg on October 8 and was interacting with other workers, when he realised that cash kept in his right pocket was gone.Solanki, a resident of New Rohtak road, raised an alarm and alerted others in the gathering. Soon, some other people also complained about their pockets being picked. Harikrishna Sharma from Mubarakpur Dabas and Sunil Kumar from Kirari said their money, along with debit cards, was missing. The victims immediately blocked their cards.The thefts led to chaos at the get-together, even as somebody called up the police. “We received the call from DPCC office around 6pm and rushed to the spot. The area was scanned but the culprit had probably managed to flee. A case under section 379 (theft) was made out. A team under a sub-inspector is investigating,” an officer said.The cops are scanning CCTV footages to identify the daring thief. They suspect a man disguised as a worker may be behind the act.