VIJAYAWADA: The city police arrested as many as 28 accused and solved 35 cases, including dacoity, robbery, housebreaking, extortion, murder and attempt to murder cases. They recovered valuables worth Rs 2.5 crore from the offenders.The Central Crime Station (CCS) police on Friday arrested Muvva Venkateswara Rao in connection with the murder of Vemuri Chandramma (75) on February 11, 2012. After murdering the old women, he decamped with her gold ornaments. He shifted to Nuthanki village and started a new life. Acting on a tip-off, the CCS police arrested the accused. They also recovered the stolen gold ornaments of the old woman from him.
Vehicle thieves arrested
K Khadar Babjee (24), who stole as many as 11 motorcycles and a lorry, was arrested by the CCS police. All the stolen property was recovered from him. The property is worth `22 lakh. According to the police, the offender committed the crimes along with two others in the current year. The arrested include Bhudhati Laxma Reddy (29) and Kandhivalasa Ankamma Rao (24).
Dacoit gang nabbed
A 10-member gang, involved in seven dacoity cases on the outskirts of the city, was nabbed by the police. The kingpin of the gang, Jupudi Vamshikrishna, along with his friends used to stop and threaten lorry drivers and loot money from them. Vexed with the repeated complaints, police intensified the search operations and succeeded in nabbing the offenders. The police recovered a container vehicle, laptop, and Rs 29,200 from them.
Appreciating the police personnel, Joint Commissioner of Police BV Ramana Kumar said, “Police will chase the criminals, until they are put behind bars. The public should cooperate with the police to solve the cases at the earliest.” DCPs Kanthi Rana Tata, Gajarao Bhupal, ACPs K Srinivasa Rao, V Pothuraju, P Sundar Raju and other police personnel were also present.