Booze bandit Ajit Kunwar stole wine, food & clothes across Victoria, threatened to kill homeless mate over booze

A homeless booze bandit stole wine, food and clothes across the state and threatened to kill a fellow homeless man during a drunken row over getting more grog.

Ajit Kunwar threatened to kill a fellow homeless man when he refused to steal them more alcohol. Picture: Generic

A homeless man with a severe booze problem stole food, clothing and grog across the state and threatened another homeless person when he refused to steal him more wine, a court has heard.

Ajit Kunwar, who became homeless during the Covid-19 pandemic, faced Mildura Magistrates’ Court on 13 charges tied to multiple thefts from 7-Eleven and BWS stores and an incident with another homeless person.

The court heard that between October 2023 and May 2024, Kunwar attended multiple 7-Eleven and BWS locations in the Melbourne CBD and brazenly stole hundreds of dollars’ worth of food and drinks in front of workers by simply refusing to pay.

Kunwar stole wine from this BWS in Mildura and many others across the state Picture: Michael DiFabrizio

Kunwar brought the same laissez-faire attitude to Mildura when he arrived in 2025 and in March of this year he waltzed into the BWS on Langtree Ave and stole a bottle of wine before heading over to Kmart to steal hundreds of dollars worth of clothing items.

He was arrested by Mildura police in the car park of Kmart while still in possession of the clothes.

One incident that occurred at the Southern Cross train station in Melbourne saw Kunwar turn aggressive while drinking a stolen bottle of wine with a fellow homeless person and demand that he steal them another bottle to drink.

The court heard Kunwar said he would kill the victim by throwing him down a flight of stairs if he didn’t comply.

Kunwar kept the victim’s bag as collateral while the victim retreated and when it became apparent he wasn’t coming back, he began tearing up the personal documents inside the victims’ bag, including a university degree, and stole the victim’s phone.

Magistrate Patrick Southey called Kunwar’s behaviour toward the fellow homeless man “nasty, bullying behaviour”

Kunwar’s lawyer Sasha Leon Molina said the common denominator in her client’s offending was homelessness and he mostly stole clothes and food.

The court heard Kunwar had emigrated to Australia in 2017, and had become homeless when the pandemic struck.

Magistrate Patrick Southey dismissed Kunwar’s excuse and said his life had gone completely off the rails, “likely due to drugs and alcohol.”

“The offending against the victim at Southern Cross was nasty, bullying behaviour, standing over another homeless person,” Mr Southey said.

“If it wasn’t for your guilty plea, you would have received one month imprisonment.”

Kunwar was sentenced to 7 days behind bars and fined a total of $1440.40.

He will remain behind bars following his sentence as he awaits a committal mention hearing on unrelated matters.