Diego Maradona's Stolen Watch Found in Assam, One Arrested

A watch belonging to the legendary Diego Maradona that went missing from his Dubai residence has been found in the possession of one Wazid Husain who according to Assam police was working as a domestic help in his villa.

On a specific information from Dubai police the Superintendent of Police, Sibsagar in a last night’s operation raided the residence of Wazid Hussain in Sibsagar but couldn’t find him there.

“We traced Wazid in his in-laws residence at Charaideo. He has been apprehended and we are interrogating him. The Heritage Hubot watch which has the football legend initials, his famous number 10 and his logo printed on it was found from his possession. It’s a single edition watch and the normal one is worth rupees 15 lakhs in the market and this one is priceless. Wazid has been non cooperative so far and there has been many things missing from the Dubai house, the watch is one among them,” explained Rakesh Roushan, SP Sibsagar.

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Reacting on the matter Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted.

“In an act of international cooperation @assampolice has coordinated with @dubaipoliceHQ through Indian federal LEA to recover a heritage @Hublot watch belonging to legendary footballer Late Diego Maradona and arrested one Wazid Hussein. Follow up lawful action is being taken,” CM tweeted.

According to father Altaf Hussain, Wazid after his marriage in 2005 has been staying with his in-laws and visits them occasionally. Altaf said that his son went to UAE in the 2015. Wazid returned in August 2021 August.

While with the police, Wazid at one point of time said that “the watch was gifted to me by one Nigerian acquaintance Derik in Dubai”.

The Assam police however have negated this version of Wazid saying that keeping in view the value of the watch, the option of giving it as a gift doesn’t arise. The state police is in close coordination with its Durbai counterparts for further course of action.

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Director General Of Police, Assam, Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta tweeted, “As informed through Central Agency by Dubai Police, one Wazid Hussain had stolen a limited edition Maradona signed Hublot watch and fled to Assam. Today morning at 4:00AM we arrested Wazid from his residence in Sibsagar. The limited edition watch has been recovered from him.

“The watch belonged to the legendary Football player himself, which was being stored in Dubai along with other belongings in a safe,” he wrote in another tweet.

“A costly Hublot watch… Maradona… Dubai… Assam Police Looks like random words, don’t they? But today all these words came together nicely, stating a story of successful International Cooperation between #DubaiPolice and @assampolice” read his another tweet.