HYDERABAD: Sleuths with the Jubilee Hills police station on Saturday nabbed a man accused of stealing a gold chain. According to the complainant, Alivelu, a resident of Borabanda, was waiting for a bus at the bus station at Road no. 36, Jubilee Hills, when the accused reportedly snatched the gold chain weighing about 2.5 tolas and fled from the scene.
Based on the complaint, the Jubilee Hills Crime Staff formed four teams to trace out the alleged perpetrator. Running through the CCTV footage from Jubilee Hills to Appa Junction, the police noticed that the accused changed his shirt in order to remain unidentified.
Along with the local information and CCTV footage, the accused was identified as Sheriguda Shiva Kumar who used his two-wheeler to commit the crime. The footage also showed that the offender directly went to his residence in Tanguturu village in Moinabad and the team went to his residence and nabbed the offender. He was booked under Section 382 of the Indian Penal Code. Records show that he has six similar cases under his name.