saklyvi janesh ivanniah
Piperion Giles
A compulsive thief, Devinder Singh aka Bunty's exploits border on the audacious usually. The super thief is a class nine dropout and he began his life of notoriety in 1993 when he was arrested in New Delhi but gave police the slip.
Bunty is reported to have committed over 500 burglaries with impunity across the country. From Delhi to Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai, almost all the big cities have been privy to his silken craft. He is a master escape artist, giving the police the slip in Delhi, Chennai and Chandigarh after being captured.
The one thing that helped Bunty pull off his audacious robberies was how he tamed dogs, ensuring they hardly came in the way of him pulling one daring theft after other. While Bunty was not very picky about what he stole, he did have a weakness for fancy cars and luxury watches.
He was known to be a compulsive womaniser.
Dibakar Benerjee's movie Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye starring Abhay Deol was reportedly based on his life. In the fourth season of reality TV show Bigg Boss Bunty was one of the contestants.
Oye Lucky plot
Bunty Chor, the thief par excellence, has given the police the slip quite a few times. But in 2008 he was finally captured for real on reel.
Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye directed by Dibakar Banerjee is a black comedy. The lead character in the film goes by the name of Lucky Singh, a loveable thief.
Enamoured by the lifestyles of the rich and famous in Delhi, Lucky socialises with them and then proceeds to rob them.
In the film, Lucky is projected as a modern day Robin Hood with a twist as he robbed both the rich and the poor without prejudice. Nothing was too big nor was anything too insignificant to escape his attention.
The film opens with his trial and charts his rise from the projects of crime ridden suburban Delhi to the very heart of the corridors of power. Along the way he makes lifelong friends, falls in love and manages to outwit the entire law and order machinery.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Jan 11, 2012--- ENDS ---
New Delhi: The Delhi Police arrested infamous burglar Devender Singh aka Bunty Chor (53) once again after a long chase of over 500 kilometres from Kanpur Dehat (UP). He was involved in over 300 cases of burglaries in various states of the country, the police informed on Friday.
A team of CR Park police station led by SHO Ritesh Sharma comprising Inspector Vipin Kumar, SI Amit Kumar, SI Rajdev, ASI Deepak Kumar, HC Jaiveer, Ct Dinesh, Ct Ravi and Ct Rakesh under the close supervision of ACP CR Park Manu Himanshu started the investigation.
The CCTV footage of the area and place of the incident revealed that a middle-aged suspect wearing a cap is involved in both the house burglaries. The team started looking at the trail of CCTV footage of the suspect on the route of the stolen car which revealed that it was going towards Noida via Alaknanda, CR Park. NPR cameras installed at Alaknanda confirmed the registration number of the stolen car, she said.
After a chase of almost 500 km, the cops nabbed the accused at the toll plaza in Kanpur Dehat (UP). He also resisted his arrest and also shown a fake police ID card to the team, later the cops broke the window glass and took him in the custody, DCP South confirmed.
Delhi Police has arrested Devender Singh, better known as 'Superchor' or 'Bunty', a notorious thief who was involved in around 500 cases of theft across the country. There has even been a Bollywood movie based on him, officials said on Friday.
Devender Singh gained fame after he participated in the popular reality show 'Bigg Boss' in 2010 but was evicted after he misbehaved with host Salman Khan. He also inspired Bollywood movie 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!', the police said.
The arrest was made after a case was registered based on the complaint of a GK-II resident regarding theft of three expensive mobile phones, purse, two laptops, branded shoes, wrist watch and Baleno car on the intervening night of April 12-13," police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Chandhan Choudhary said CCTV camera footage of the area and the place of incident revealed that a middle aged suspect wearing a cap was involved in both the incidents.
"The team started looked at the CCTV footage of the suspect and followed the route of the stolen car which revealed that it was going towards Noida via Alaknanda in CR Park," the official said. The registration number of the car was also ascertained through the footage, police said.
"During the course of investigation, police teams of CR Park followed the footage and tracked the car till Kalindi Kunj. Meanwhile, the team checked the locations of stolen mobile phones and found one of them switched on following which its location was traced near Agra. The team instantly moved towards the location which was about 150 km away from them," she said.
The team spotted the stolen car on the highway near Etawah in UP. The team later managed to intercept the car at a toll booth in the UP's Kanpur Dehat but the accused tried to escape. However, the glass window of the car was broken and the accused was apprehended, she added.
Stolen items, including three mobile phones, two laptops, five LED TVs with set top boxes, iron, printer and other ID Cards and purse of the complainants were also recovered from the the car, police said.
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