Police issues high alert after notorious thief ‘Bunty Chor’ suspected to be in Kerala

Alappuzha : A CCTV footage released by the Alappuzha police suggests that Devendra singh popularly known as Bunty Chor has reached Alappuzha. The CCTV footage resembling Bunty Chor was found at Vandanam in Alappuzha where the person was sitting in a bar.

The CCTV footage showed a man wearing a full-sleeve T-shirt drinking beer with a backpack. Two other people can also be seen on the same table along with him. The video and the picture has put the police force in alert as Bunty Chor is accused in charges of theft in various cases in Kerala.

“His footage was found two days ago in Vandanam at a bar. We are yet to fully ascertain it is him. But it is almost confirmed it is him as his physique and looks resembles him very much”, said a police official at the Alappuzha town police station.

Police officials have begun a detailed probe into the footage and have questioned the owners and the employees of the bar where the footage was recorded.

Bunty Chor’s modus of operandi involves targeting wealthy homes to steal luxury goods and cars. Bunty chor has over 500 cases against him in various parts of India, with more than 250 in Delhi alone. The 2008 Hindi film “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!” is based on his life. In 2010, he participated in the Hindi reality show Bigg Boss but was expelled due to misbehavior.

In 2013, Bunty Chor was apprehended by the Kerala Police after he broke into a house in Thiruvananthapuram, bypassing high-security systems. He stole a luxury car worth Rs 28 lakh, a laptop, and two mobile phones. He was arrested at a hotel in Pune on January 27. Police found he was also involved in a car theft in Ravipuram, Kochi. He was released in March 2023 after serving 10 years for the Thiruvananthapuram case. In April, Delhi Police arrested him in Lucknow for robbery and car theft.