CISF catches man after chase at Delhi Metro station; suspected gold paste recovered

A man identified as Mohammad Shuaib Alam was caught by a CISF jawan after allegedly fleeing security checks at Delhi’s Jama Masjid Metro station. Police said 155 grams of a substance suspected to be gold paste was recovered from his bag.

New Delhi,: A man who allegedly tried to slip out of a Delhi Metro station during security checks and was caught by a CISF jawan following a chase up the stairs was allegedly carrying 155 grams of a substance suspected to be powdered gold, police said on Monday.

The incident allegedly took place on Sunday at Jama Masjid station, with the CISF posting a 27-second video, sourced from CCTV cameras, on its X handle.

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In the post, the CISF said it had recovered an “unidentified semi-solid substance”, suspected to be gold paste, concealed in a stitched portion of an undergarment kept in the man’s bag. He was later handed over to the local police.

An assistant sub-inspector reached the spot and took custody of the man, identified as Mohammad Shuaib Alam, and the recovered suspicious substance, Delhi Police said.

“During preliminary interrogation, Alam claimed he lived in Malaysia, worked in the textile sector and had arrived in Delhi on October 16. He told police that he had stayed at a hotel in the Jama Masjid area,” a senior police officer said.

The substance was examined by the narcotics department and found not to be a narcotic, police said.

As Alam failed to produce documents establishing ownership of the substance or provide a satisfactory explanation for possessing it, legal proceedings were initiated against him under the Delhi Police Act, the officer added.

The video clip shared by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) shows security personnel frisking the man. Afterwards, the man is seen picking up his bag from the X-ray baggage scanner and running out through the women’s frisking enclosure.

A CISF jawan, noticing the man slip out, threw away the metal detector he was holding and pursued him.

The man took the escalator to flee the underground station while the jawan used the stairs and caught him at Gate No. 1 before bringing him back to the station along with a colleague who also joined the chase.