Police said they received a complaint from the party, following which a team reached the spot. Police said they received a complaint from the party, following which a team reached the spot.

Hours after a complaint of theft was received from the Aam Aadmi Party’s Rouse Avenue office in Delhi, police arrested a vagabond and three scrap dealers from central Delhi on Sunday.

Police said the accused have been identified as Mohammad Kajim (55), a homeless person living on the streets near Minto Road and his accomplices — Furkan (40), Kaiyum (42) and Saffuddin (38). Police recovered stolen campaign material from their possession. Police said the theft was captured on CCTV.

In the footage, a man is seen entering the AAP office and leaving with the stolen campaign material. Police said they received a complaint from the party, following which a team reached the spot. “Election campaign material was stolen from the party office at 206, Rouse Avenue, on Saturday morning. A complaint of theft was submitted to the IP Estate police station along with CCTV footage,” a police officer said.

Police said Kajim has been involved in 10 cases registered under the Arms Act and for robbery and snatching.

“Kajim was caught committing the theft on CCTV. He later sold the items to the scrap dealers,” a senior police officer said. In October, a blue Maruti WagonR which was extensively used by Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal during the 2015 Assembly polls was stolen from the Delhi Secretariat. It was later found in Ghaziabad.

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