Hyderabad: Lockdown-hit bizman turns burglar, held for six offences

HYDERABAD: Two burglars, who targeted only houses of businessmen from Rajasthan, were nabbed at LB Nagar Crossroads on Monday morning.
Police recovered 186 grams of gold ornaments and other valuables, worth Rs 14.3 lakh, from their possession.
The Rachakonda police claimed they were involved in five burglaries and an attempted break-in at an ATM kiosk.
Police said Kishore Chowdhary, who had to shut his business due to lockdown, started doing glass fitting contract works in the city, but was not satisfied with his earnings.
He hatched a plan with one Arjun Singh, a carpenter, to commit burglaries. The two, who are natives of Rajasthan, reportedly decided to target only houses of businessmen from Rajasthan. “Kishore was aware that his four acquaintances had gone to Pali in Rajasthan to attend a marriage. Taking advantage of their absence, Kishore and Arjun targeted the houses late in the night and cut the maindoor lock with a hacksaw blade and grills with a cutter,” Central Crime Station (CCS), LB Nagar, police said.
They said the duo stole a bike from Vanasthalipuram, changed its registration number and used it to commit other offences. Kishore gave some money to Arjun and kept the remaining money and stolen goods at his rented accommodation.
CCS sleuths along with Chaitanyapuri police analysed CCTV footages and, with the help of technical support, apprehended the duo at LB Nagar X Roads around 9am on Monday. On questioning, they confessed to have committed various property offences. Apart from gold, police seized a kg of silver ornaments, two bikes, a television and other valuables, all worth Rs 14.3 lakh.
Kishore was operating two shops at Vanasthalipuram and Balapur since 2016. However, he suffered losses and moved back to Rajasthan and started a hardware business there in 2019. Due to lockdown, his business was shut once again and he returned to Hyderabad in 2020.