Taekwondo
champion
and
Indian
Idol
participant
Suraj
Bahadur
has
reportedly
been
arrested
by
Delhi
police
for
his
alleged
involvement
in
more
than
100
cases
of
snatching
and
armed
robbery.
According
to
an
Indian
Express
report,
police
informed
the
media
that
the
28-year-old
Suraj
was
allegedly
caught
with
over
2.5
kg
of
gold,
55
stolen
phones,
five
stolen
vehicles
and
a
country-made
pistol.
The
report
further
states
that
patrolling
team
in
Moti
Nagar
spotted
Suraj
Bahadur
on
a
scooter
last
week
and
found
his
activities
'suspicious'.
The
cops
stopped
him
and
found
that
the
scooter
had
recently
been
stolen.
During
an
investigation,
cops
found
a
pistol
and
arrested
him.
Urvija
Goel,
DCP
(West)
informed
the
media
that
Suraj
confessed
that
he
has
been
involved
in
100
cases
of
snatching
in
different
parts
of
Delhi.
The
Indian
Idol
participant
had
allegedly
threatened
a
jeweller
at
gunpoint
and
robbed
2.5
kg
of
gold
from
him
in
the
Sabzi
Mandi
area.
Let
us
tell
you,
police
also
found
that
he
was
earlier
arrested
in
similar
cases
in
2014,
2017
and
2019.
The
officer
further
stated,
"He
and
his
gang
members
have
been
caught
several
times
but
after
getting
bail,
he
again
joins
a
local
gang
and
starts
committing
crimes.
He
had
also
procured
a
pistol
and
was
using
it
to
threaten
people
to
steal
expensive
items.
He
told
us
he
left
sports
and
singing
as
he
couldn't
earn
much
and
decided
to
commit
crimes.
He
loves
branded
clothes
and
expensive
cars.
He
wanted
to
buy
these
things
for
himself
and
joined
local
gangs."
For
the
unversed,
Suraj
Bahadur
is
a
graduate
of
Delhi
University
and
holds
a
diploma
in
computer
engineering.
He
has
won
two
gold
medals
in
taekwondo
in
2012-13.
In
2008,
he
had
participated
in
Indian
Idol
and
was
amongst
the
top
50
contestants.