Former Bigg Boss contestant Swami Om arrested by Delhi Crime Branch

New Delhi: Self-styled godman Swami Om has been arrested by the Delhi Crime Branch for allegedly stealing bicycles from his brother’s shop.

Swami Om was arrested on Wednesday last after his brother filed a complaint accusing him of stealing bicycles along with some documents from his shop nine years ago, said a police report.

It is to be mentioned that Swami Om was declared a proclaimed offender by the Saket Court in Delhi last year in the case.

In November 2008, an FIR was lodged at Lodhi Colony police station against Swami Om on a complaint filed by his younger brother Pramod Jha.

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The police officials said that Swami’s brother has accused him of breaking the lock of his bicycle shop in Lodhi Colony along with three men and stealing 11 bicycles, expensive spare parts, sale deed of the house and important documents.

It could be recalled that last year, a non-bailable warrant was issued against Om by the Saket court which subsequently declared him a proclaimed offender in the case.

The police told that the former Bigg Boss contestant was hiding in a house in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura and was arrested by a joint team of Lodhi Colony police station and Inter-State Cell of Crime Branch.