Carpenter arrested | Hyderabad, July 3 (Maxim News): A 19-year-old carpenter was arrested within 36 hours for allegedly stealing Rs 7.7 lakh in cash from a house under renovation in Hyderabad, with Narayanguda Police recovering the entire stolen amount from his possession.
The accused was identified as Deepesh Khati, a native of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, who was working as a carpenter at the complainant’s residence in Narayanguda. Police recovered the full cash amount of Rs 7,70,000 during the operation.
Carpenter arrested | Narayanguda Police
According to police, the complainant, Amit Agarwal, had kept the cash in his wife’s handbags inside a wooden almirah on the first floor of their house, which has been undergoing renovation since December 2025. The cash was last checked on the morning of June 30 and found intact.
Later that evening, while the complainant’s wife stepped out for a walk, the bedroom door remained unlocked as renovation work was still in progress. When she checked the handbags again around 9.30 pm, the cash was missing. Suspecting that one of the workers had stolen the money, the family approached Narayanguda Police.
A special investigation team immediately examined the scene, verified CCTV footage, collected evidence, and questioned all workers engaged at the house. Based on technical surveillance and intelligence inputs, police tracked down Deepesh Khati and arrested him on July 3 at around 10.20 am from his residence in Bowenpally.
During the search, officers recovered the entire stolen cash intact from the accused’s room.
Police said a case has been registered, and further investigation is underway to determine if the accused was involved in any similar offences.
The operation was carried out by Detective Inspector B. Abhilash, Sub Inspector Ch. Nagaraju, and their team under the supervision of M. Mattaiah, ACP, Sultan Bazar Division. (Maxim News)
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