On cam: Thief breaks into victory dance after burglary

AHMEDABAD: One of the burglars of a gang of five thieves was caught dancing after committing robbery in the CCTV camera footage.They had targeted a flat in Sargasan village of Gandhinagar on Saturday. The video of the burglar dancing in front of camera as if he was teasing the police went viral on social media.The unusual act was caught on a CCTV camera installed in the lane where a burglar apparently indulged in an impromptu victory dance after the members of the gang successfully broke into two flats and stole cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees.In the video, the burglar was seen covering himself with a blanket and then performing some interesting dance steps. Other members of the gangs were seen fleeing the building, Ratnaraj Residency in Sargasan, with some articles in their hands. After dancing burglar also fled after completing his steps.Sector-7 police of Gandhinagar lodged two complaints of burglary against the unknown burglars.In the first incident, the burglars barged into the house of 56-year-old Arvind Patel in Ratnaraj Residency and decamped with ornaments worth Rs 1.81 lakh. In the same flat, one more burglary was committed by the same gang but the amount of burglary is yet to be ascertained.Later the burglars moved to another flat named Shreemad Residency and broke into two houses.A complaint filed by Kalpana Shukla (51), a residence of Shreemad Residency where the dance incident happend after the burglary, stated that burglars barged into her house and decamped with articles worth Rs 60,500. The burglary occurred when the house was closed as Shukla went to meet her husband at Bharuch.Shukla also came to know that a burglary was committed in another flat in the same building.