27-year-old editor who worked with Mika for over a decade arrested on charges of stealing cash, valuables from singer's house
The man, identified as Ankit Vasan, was arrested from Delhi's Vikaspuri.
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NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old man was arrested here for allegedly stealing valuables and cash from singer Mika Singh's residence in Mumbai, police said today.
During interrogation, the man, identified as Ankit Vasan, revealed that he had been working with the singer as an editor for 15 years and had been clandestinely stealing cash and valuables, they said.
On July 29, after being noticed by the singer, the accused fled from the studio and hid himself in Mumbai for two days, police said.
On July 31, he landed in Delhi and was arrested from Vikaspuri, they said.
Police have recovered Rs 50,000, and Rs 5 lakh that had been deposited in three bank accounts, a hard disk containing music software and keys of the studio from the accused, Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), said.
Watch worth $1,50,000
A group of teenage thieves called the 'Bling Ring' ransacked several celebrity homes in 2009, stealing jewellery and valuables worth millions. Orlando Bloom's home was one of the group's targets. His vintage watches, including a 1950s Rolex Milgauss worth $1,50,000, was stolen. Jewellery and cash totaling $3,00,000 also went missing. The burglars entered his Hollywood Hills home through a window while he was away in New York. The stolen jewellery belonged to Bloom's then girlfriend Miranda Kerr.
(Image: Instagram/@orlandobloom)
During interrogation, the man, identified as Ankit Vasan, revealed that he had been working with the singer as an editor for 15 years and had been clandestinely stealing cash and valuables, they said.
On July 29, after being noticed by the singer, the accused fled from the studio and hid himself in Mumbai for two days, police said.
On July 31, he landed in Delhi and was arrested from Vikaspuri, they said.
Police have recovered Rs 50,000, and Rs 5 lakh that had been deposited in three bank accounts, a hard disk containing music software and keys of the studio from the accused, Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), said.
A group of teenage thieves called the 'Bling Ring' ransacked several celebrity homes in 2009, stealing jewellery and valuables worth millions. Orlando Bloom's home was one of the group's targets. His vintage watches, including a 1950s Rolex Milgauss worth $1,50,000, was stolen. Jewellery and cash totaling $3,00,000 also went missing. The burglars entered his Hollywood Hills home through a window while he was away in New York. The stolen jewellery belonged to Bloom's then girlfriend Miranda Kerr.
(Image: Instagram/@orlandobloom)
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