India, Oct. 13 -- A 32-year-old man, with an MPhil in Chemistry from Delhi University who once hailed as a bright student, has been arrested by the Delhi Police crime branch from Sohna in Haryana for his alleged role in two armed jewellery shop robberies in north Delhi's Model Town in 2021.

Deputy commissioner of police (crime branch) Harsh Indora identified the accused as Deep Shubham, a native of Sitamarhi in Bihar. Last year, Rohini courts declared Shubham a proclaimed offender for absconding during the trial of a robbery case for registered in Model Town police station. He was previously convicted in a 2017 bank robbery in Bihar, where he used his knowledge of chemistry to prepare a smoke bomb that helped him carry out the heist.

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