<p>A tight vigil around a pawnbroker’s shop helped the police nab a habitual burglar who had struck a neighbour’s house recently. </p>.<p>Officers from the KG Halli police station got suspicious when they noticed Akram Nazeer Pasha, 38, loitering near a pawnbroker’s shop in Venkateshpura, East Bengaluru, on April 10.</p>.<p>They took him to the police station for questioning and he confessed to trying to sell a stolen gold chain. </p>.<p>According to police, Pasha had burgled the house of his neighbour, who lives on the first floor of the same building in Venkateshpura. Pasha used a duplicate key to sneak in and decamped with Rs 9 lakh worth of gold jewellery — two necklaces, three chains and earrings. </p>.<p>Police have recovered all the stolen jewellery and are in the process of handing it over to the owner. </p>.<p>Police said Pasha was “incorrigible”—every time he gets bail, he goes back to the old ways.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>A tight vigil around a pawnbroker’s shop helped the police nab a habitual burglar who had struck a neighbour’s house recently. </p>.<p>Officers from the KG Halli police station got suspicious when they noticed Akram Nazeer Pasha, 38, loitering near a pawnbroker’s shop in Venkateshpura, East Bengaluru, on April 10.</p>.<p>They took him to the police station for questioning and he confessed to trying to sell a stolen gold chain. </p>.<p>According to police, Pasha had burgled the house of his neighbour, who lives on the first floor of the same building in Venkateshpura. Pasha used a duplicate key to sneak in and decamped with Rs 9 lakh worth of gold jewellery — two necklaces, three chains and earrings. </p>.<p>Police have recovered all the stolen jewellery and are in the process of handing it over to the owner. </p>.<p>Police said Pasha was “incorrigible”—every time he gets bail, he goes back to the old ways.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
