Five goldsmiths who duped a city-based jeweller a week ago were arrested by the city police on Tuesday. The police recovered property worth Rs. 12 lakh from them.
The accused Ponada Durga Prasad (32), Maroju Srinivas Chary (29), Sripata Mohan Chary (35), Golti Brahmaji (27) and Veeramallu Ravi Kumar (36), along with their associate Ramachary, who is absconding, cheated the management of J.C. Brothers to the tune of 12 lakh.
On May 10, all the accused, who work at the gold ornaments making section of JC Brothers located at Ameerpet, reportedly took away some gold while making jewellery and instead mixed copper, copper alloy, and silver in the gold to make up the weight. “The accused persons, in the last four months, kept the gold in their mouth while moving out of the shop after closing hours. Later, they sold it to other persons and earned money,” DCP (west) A. Venkateshwara Rao said. Based on a complaint from the management, the police took them into custody and on interrogation, they admitted to the crime.
Two held for stealing saris
Two members of a women gang allegedly involved in stealing saris from shops in the city, were arrested by the Punjagutta police on Tuesday. The police recovered 15 saris worth Rs. 2.5 lakh from them.
The women Tokala Ramana (40) and Mesarap Ramana (30), both labourers from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh along with their associates Meacharpu Rajini and a minor girl, went to a shop at Somajiguda on March 1 and stole saris by diverting the attention of the salesmen, Detective Inspector B. Lakshmi Narayana Reddy said.
The accused are habitual offenders and were caught after being identified with the help of visuals recorded by the closed circuit cameras installed in the shop.
‘They kept the gold in their mouth while moving out of the shop after closing hours’
