Gandhinagar: Burglar cuts roof, which slashes his neck

AHMEDABAD: A 25-year-old man, who slit the tin roof of a cellphone shop to burgle it, bled to death after his neck got stuck in the hole he had carved to slip into the shop.
The victim is a resident of Chhatral GIDC in Kalol taluka of Gandhinagar and he was trying to enter a shop in Borisana in Kalol in the small hours of Tuesday, said an officer of Gandhinagar Police.
The deceased has been identified as Arjun Kol, a native of Uttar Pradesh. He had come to Chhatral GIDC to work as a casual labourer about six months ago.
The CCTV footage shows Kol lifting a slice of the roof and trying to enter the shop. His body went through but his neck got stuck, said the investigating officer, assistant-sub inspector Karamshi Rabari of Kalol taluka police. The footage shows Kol attempting to break in at about 12.10am on Tuesday. “He tried to extricate himself and his body began writhing. After about five minutes, he was still,” said Rabari.
The shop owner, Yagnesh Shah, 30, a resident of Kalol, found Kol hanging from the roof.
Shah called other shopkeepers and climbed onto the roof and saw Kol dead with injury marks around his neck. He called the cops and Kalol taluka police personnel reached the spot. Police said Kol worked with a private firm in Chhatral GIDC.
His body was sent to Gandhinagar Civil Hospital for postmortem.
Deceased Booked
Kalol taluka police have booked Arjun Kol for burglary — though he died before stealing anything. Police have charged the deceased under the Indian Penal Code’s Sections 380 (theft) and 511 (attempt to steal jewels), based on the complaint filed by the cellphone shop owner