Cat burglar held in three cases, gold ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh seized
Hyderabad, Aug.11 (Maxim News): The Bahadurpura police have arrested a habitual house burglar seized gold ornaments weighing about 21.5 tolas worth Rs 10 lakh.
Police said they received a complaint on January 22, 2019 afternoon from one Patangay Ghanshyam of Nandi Muslai Guda, Kishanbagh, stating that on January 20, 2019 at around 1.30 am he along with his wife, son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter went to Ujjain of Madhya Pradesh to visit temple. Later, some unidentified persons broke open the door lock and committed theft of gold ornaments weighing about 17 tolas from an almirah. The police registered a case and took up investigation.
On a tip-off, on August 10, 2019 at 2 pm, M. Raju, Addl. Inspector and A. Srikanth, SI and staff with the assistance of South Zone, Special Crime Team, CCS, apprehended one old house burglar at Gulzar House while he was moving in suspicious manner with stolen gold ornaments stolen in Bahadurpura in 2019. The cat burglar confessed to have committed two house breaking in night cases — Crime No. 16/2019 U/s 457, 380 IPC of Bahadurpura PS, and Crime No. 90/2019 U/s 457, 380 IPC of Chatrinaka PS and seized gold ornaments all weighing about 21.5 tolas from his possession.
The accused was identified as Syed Majeed alias Jahangir alias Petla Majeed, 45 years, Auto driver residing at Plot No. 10, Habeeb Colony, Shaheen Nagar, Saroornagar Mandal, Rangareddy District
According to the confessional statement of the accused, he was involved in 68 house burglary cases in Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda Commissionerates and twice he was detained under PD Act by Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. In 2019, he was arrested by Tappachabutra Police, but he did not reveal these two offences of Bahadurpura and Chatrinaka. He kept stolen ornaments in his house to dispose them after his release from jail. The accused was produced before the court concened for judicial remand.
The case is being investigated by M. Raju, Addl. Inspector of Police, Bahadurpura, under the guidance of DCP South Zone, and under the supervision of Asst. Commissioner of Police, Charminar Division, and Inspector of Police, Bahadurpura PS. (Maxim News)
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