How A DU Scholar With MPhil In Chemistry Turned Robber, Used Science To Conduct Heists

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An MPhil graduate from Delhi University has been arrested in Delhi’s Model Town area for being allegedly involved in robbery at two jewellery shops. The 32-year-old accused is a scholar in Chemistry. Shockingly, he used his brilliant knowledge of chemistry to conduct heists.

The accused, Deep Shubham, is a native of Sitamarhi in Bihar and currently residing in Sohna in Haryana. He was arrested from the Hari Nagar area in Sohna on Saturday. As per the police, he is a proclaimed offender in two robbery cases and was earlier convicted in a bank robbery case in his home state in 2017.

Prepared Smoke Bomb 

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Harsh Indora, Shubham used his knowledge of chemistry to prepare a smoke bomb while executing the bank robbery in Bihar.

According to police, the accused completed BSc (Hons), MSc and MPhil in Chemistry from the Delhi University, and also briefly pursued law in Visakhapatnam.

In 2021, Shubham and his associates, orchestrated two armed robberies at jewellery shops in the Gujranwala area. In one incident, they looted over Rs 6 lakh in cash and mobile phones at gunpoint, while in another, they escaped with Rs 70,000 after threatening the staff.

“After securing bail in the Delhi cases, he went underground and frequently changed locations to avoid arrest. He was recently traced by the team and arrested. Shubham was currently working as an interior designer at a private firm in Sohna,” the officer said.

In 2017, Shubham robbed a government bank in the Pupri area of Bihar, where he used a homemade smoke bomb made from methyl acetate and benzene to create chaos, fleeing with around Rs 3.6 lakh in cash, police added.