'Superchor' Bunty Who Inspired Movie 'Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!' Caught, Here's How Delhi Cops Nabbed Him

Singh was arrested after a case was registered based on a complaint by a resident of Delhi’s GK-II area regarding theft. Another theft was also reported by a resident from the area the same day. 

The Delhi Police has arrested Devender Singh, better known as ‘superchor’ or ‘Bunty’ who was involved in around 500 cases of theft across the nation, said the officials on Friday. As per a report by the news agency PTI, the 53-year-old notorious thief was caught from Uttar Pradesh in connection with two recently executed thefts in the national capital, they added. 

Singh gained fame after he participated in the popular reality show Bigg Boss in 2010 but was evicted after he misbehaved with Salman Khan. He also inspired the Bollywood movie, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Singh was arrested after a case was registered based on a complaint by a resident of Delhi’s Greater Kailash -II area regarding the theft of three expensive mobile phones, a purse, two laptops, branded shoes, wrist watch, and a Baleno car on the intervening night of April 12-13," police said.

Another theft was also reported by a resident from the area the same day. 

How The Delhi Police Nabbed The ‘Superchor’

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Chandan Choudhary, CCTV camera footage from the area and the place of the incident revealed that a middle-aged suspect wearing a cap was involved in both cases after which the police tracked the route of the stolen car. 

"The team started to look at the CCTV footage of the suspect and followed the route of the stolen car which revealed that it was going towards Noida via Alaknanda in CR Park," the official told the news agency. The registration number of the car was also ascertained through the footage, police said.

"During the course of investigation, police teams of CR Park followed the footage and tracked the car to Kalindi Kunj. Meanwhile, the team checked the locations of stolen mobile phones and found one of them switched on following which its location was traced near Agra. The team instantly moved towards the location which was about 150 km away from them," she said.

The police also placed the fastag of the stolen mobile phone under surveillance and the fastag deductions at different toll booths were monitored, the police said. 

The stolen car was spotted on the highway near Etawah in UP and the police team later managed to intercept it at a toll booth in UP's Kanpur Dehat but the accused tried to escape. However, the glass window of the car was broken and the accused was apprehended, she added.

Three mobile phones, two laptops, five LED TVs with set-top boxes, an iron, a printer, and other ID Cards, and the purse of the complainants were recovered from the car.