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‘The big laptop heist’: Delhi’s ‘Bunty and Babli’ con duo arrested | Latest News India

‘The big laptop heist’: Delhi’s ‘Bunty and Babli’ con duo arrested | Latest News India

In what appears to be the plot of Bollywood’s popular movie ‘Bunty & Babli’, a real-life con duo from Delhi has been arrested by the police after a string of audacious thefts. The duo, who adopted the name ‘Bunty and Babli’ are accused of stealing over 80 laptops. (File) The con couple, identified as Pawan Kumar Bir Singh and Anita Sharma, were apprehended on a train near Bihar’s Bodh Gaya last week, following their alleged involvement in the theft of 38 laptops from a Nagpur trader, The Times of India reported. The duo, who adopted the moniker ‘Bunty and Babli’ of the famed movie characters, are also accused of stealing 85 laptops valued at a staggering ₹35 lakh from a shop in Noida. According to the police, the criminals stole at least 150 laptops from different cities and subsequently sold them in the grey markets of Delhi. TOI further reported that after a successful heist, Pawan and Anita would escape to holiday destinations until their ill-gotten gains ran dry, just like the prime characters in …