BJP leader Vijay Jolly robbed while having golgappas, bad traffic ends chase

Former BJP MLA Vijay Jolly was robbed in south Delhi’s Lado Sarai. Two men on a motorcycle broke the right window of his i20 car and made away with a camera and laptop.

This is the quintessential Delhi story involving street food, politics, crime and traffic.

Former BJP MLA from Saket, Vijay Jolly, had parked his car near a golgappa stall in south Delhi. (Handout)

As former BJP MLA Vijay Jolly was having golgappas on the roadside in South Delhi’s Lado Sarai on Wednesday evening, two bike-borne youths robbed his laptop, camera and important documents by breaking his car window..

Jolly claimed that he spotted the two motorcycle-borne suspects soon after the crime, but he could not chase them down because of a traffic jam.

Jolly then approached the police who registered a case of theft at Saket police station. The thieves, however, are yet to be identified.

Jolly, who has been the general secretary and vice president of Delhi BJP in the past, said he was on his way to Janakpuri from his office in Sangam Vihar on Wednesday evening when the crime happened.

Travelling in his white i20 car, Jolly was accompanied by a friend as they drove to Janakpuri to attend a friend’s retirement party.

“As I passed by Lado Sarai, I noticed a popular street food stall. I felt like having chaat and golgappe. So I parked my car on the roadside,” he told HT on Thursday.

He and his friend had barely begun eating when a young couple drew his attention to his car. “The right window at the back was shattered. My bag containing a laptop, a digital camera, my flight tickets to Cambodia and some documents meant for senior BJP leaders were missing,” he alleged.

When he enquired from the people about the suspects, they told him about two young men on a black motorcycle that did not have a registration number plate.

“I walked around a little to find the Splendour motorcycle without a number plate parked near a liquor shop. The two youths were walking towards the bike with alcohol bottles in their hands,” claimed Jolly.

He said the couple that had alerted him about the theft confirmed that they had seen the same men. That’s when Jolly started to chase them in his car.

“I chased them for some distance and I was very close to nabbing them but a bad traffic ended my chase. The thieves sped away on their bike,” said Jolly. He called the police who took down his statement and registered a case.

Jolly said he enquired at the crime spot and found that a similar crime had happened with another car just two days earlier. “I am shocked. If an ex-MLA can be targeted so easily, imagine the fate of the common people,” he said.

“Motorcycle-borne gangs are spreading terror in south Delhi areas. The police need to tighten the screws to bring confidence in the people,” he added.