Youth arrested for theft

Police from the Central Crime Station, Adilabad, on Friday arrested a 20-year-old youth Rathod Suresh hailing from Kandipalli in Boath mandal for stealing ₹5 lakh in cash from a cotton ginning mill at Boath, on March 28. The stolen money was recovered from him.

Producing the accused at a press conference here, Adilabad DSP K. Narasimha Reddy, CCS Inspector T. Suresh and Boath Inspector G. Jayaram said Suresh was a former employee in the ginning mill. He walked into the factory office at midnight and walked away with the cash kept in a safe.

The crime was recorded on the CCTV camera in the office. Based on the footage, the accused was arrested.