New
York,
(ANI):
The
crook
who
robbed
Indian-American
actor-turned-politician
Kal
Penn
at
gunpoint
may
now
be
regretting
-
because
the
Secret
Service
has
joined
the
investigation
of
the
case,
it
has
emerged.
Penn,
real
name
Kalpen
Modi,
was
robbed
earlier
this
week
in
Washington
D.C.
by
an
unidentified
man
who
fled
with
his
wallet
and
personal
belongings.
According
to
TMZ.com,
the
robber
also
took
off
with
Penn's
two
cell
phones,
one
of
which
was
issued
by
the
US
government.
The
Harold
&
Kumar
actor
left
Hollywood
in
2008
to
join
President
Obama's
team
as
the
associate
director
in
the
White
House
Office
of
Public
Engagement.
Since
one
of
the
stolen
phones
belongs
to
the
government,
the
Secret
Service
is
said
to
have
joined
the
D.C.
Metro
Police
Department
in
the
investigation
of
the
robbery.
White
House
communications
reportedly
stopped
service
on
the
stolen
phone
immediately
after
Penn
informed
them
of
the
robbery.
"No
information
was
compromised
because
no
official
numbers
were
in
the
phone," the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
a
source,
as
saying.