Delhi airport agent caught stealing from sleeping passenger at terminal 3

A customer service agent at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was apprehended for allegedly stealing Rs 5,000 and other valuables from a sleeping passenger in the terminal.

A customer service agent at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was apprehended for allegedly stealing Rs 5,000 and other valuables from a sleeping passenger in the terminal.

A customer service agent at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi was caught stealing valuables from a sleeping passenger. (AP File)

Officials said the incident was reported late on September 15 night when security sleuths at the airport noted suspicious movements of a customer service agent over the CCTV.

The agent, identified as Deepak U Bopche, was followed and caught stealing Rs 5,000, a few bank cards and a mobile phone from the baggage of a traveller. The traveller was sleeping inside a coffee shop in terminal 3, waiting for his early morning flight to Mumbai.

Bopche was apprehended with the stolen goods, which were returned to the passenger, and handed over to Delhi Police.