Hyderabad: A man who stole alcohol test equipment from the police has been arrested. The police have also recovered the machine. 27-year-old cab driver K. Shravan Kumar aka Sunny was stopped by the police during a drunk driving check at New Bowenpally in the city on June 26. When a traffic policeman approached his Swift Dzire car and was conducting a breath test, Shravan snatched the breath tester and sped away. “When the BAS was being conducted on the driver of the vehicle, Kothapalli Shravan Kumar aka Sunny, he suddenly pushed the police officer on duty and forcibly snatched the breath tester and sped away in his car,” North Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police S. Rashmi Perumal said on Wednesday.
A case has been registered in the same case at Bowenpally police station under CR No. 409/2024 U/S 353, 356, 379 IPC. The Bowenpally police traced and arrested the suspect and recovered the car used in the crime as well as the alcohol breath analyser machine. The police advised citizens to cooperate with police officers during drunk driving checks and other such initiatives to ensure a safe society for all.
