Scuffle and torn door: A young Indian robbed a Budapest downtown currency exchange office

According to the official statement of the Hungarian police, the Indian national who robbed a Budapest downtown currency exchange office was arrested only 1.5 hours after he committed the crime.

Scuffle and torn door: the employee tried to resist

Based on the statement, the victim was an employee at a currency exchange office in Budapest’s 5th district, on the Szent István promenade. The perpetrator entered the office in the morning and returned in the afternoon. He waited patiently until the male employee returned from his pause and opened the interior door of the office from the service area. Then he attacked him from the back to enter the closed space.

A brawl started, but the employee could not stop the perpetrator. The Indian national took multiple bundles of money from the service desk counter. The employee tried to activate the magnetic lock of the office door, but the perpetrator jerked it with such strength that he managed to break it and run away.

Young Indian perpetrator caught

The victim called the police, and ambulance services arrived on the spot minutes later with multiple police officers. The man suffered minor injuries and received proper treatment, giving a detailed account of the events to the police and a character description of the perpetrator. The police started analysing video footage and questioned multiple eyewitnesses.

Thankfully, two officers in charge as members of the sheriff programme recognised the suspect in a nearby district. They caught him and found HUF 3.5 million (almost EUR 7,000) on him. They interrogated the 21-year-old Indian national at the 5th district police department on the grounds of a well-founded suspicion of the crime of robbery. Furthermore, they proposed his pre-trial detention.

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Featured image: illustration/FB/Hungarian Police