Hyderabad: Bowenpally police arrested one Koppula Akhilesh, a former sales executive with a reputed retail chain, in a robbery case within four hours after receiving a complaint and recovered a gold chain from him, on Monday.
Bowenpally inspector K Ravi Kumar said five teams worked on the case, verified footage from 40 CCTVs and, based on evidence, identified and arrested Akhilesh.
Police said Akhilesh used to regularly buy cigarettes from a shop run by an old lady in her house, whose chain he snatched and fled. Police said he had started off as an office boy in a luxury car showroom and later worked at a travel agency.