Inter-State Robbery Gang Held
The gang was involved in 8 cases of burglary in S R Nagar, 4 cases in Punjagutta,and one each in Habeeb Nagar, Humayun Nagar, Sanath Nagar and Balanagar.
Hyderabad | 3rd September 2011
The City Police arrested 4 members of an inter-state gang of house burglars which was involved in 18 different cases in the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police limits.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, City Police Commissioner A K Khan said that all members of the gang hail from Maharashtra.
The gang was involved in 8 cases of burglary in S R Nagar, 4 cases in Punjagutta limits ,and one each in Habeeb Nagar, Humayun Nagar, Sanath Nagar and Balanagar police station limits.
The accused - P Sangayya Swami, Aravind Siddiram Siddaral, Rafiullah and Sandeep Hanumanth Rao Jadav - rented an apartment at Kukatpally, and would commit house burglaries during the day. They also hired a car to recce their targets.
On a tip-off, S R Nagar Inspector P Krishna Murthy, along with his team, arrested the accused on Saturday.
Police recovered stolen gold ornaments of about 1.78 kg, 80 tolas of silver articles, net cash of Rs. 5.60 lakh, one Tata Indica car, two television sets, one washing machine and one refrigerator, from their possession. The total value of the recovered property is about Rs. 57.50 lakh.
The Police Commissioner announced a handsome reward to the S R Nagar police station team which detected the case. (INN)
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