Kothagudem: The two-city police in Kothagudem on Thursday arrested a tenant who stole gold jewellery from his landlord’s house and sent him to judicial custody. Police inspector Ramesh said the accused, Mahaveer, was staying in a portion of the house of an elderly Manohar Babu in the town’s SCB Nagar, who lives with his wife. Geetha Ashramam to distribute Ayurvedic medicine for asthma patients The accused befriended the couple and stole a spare key of the lock used by the owner some time ago.
In February 2023, when Babu and his wife visited a temple, Mahaveer entered the owner’s house using the key and stole gold jewellery weighing around 117 grams and hid them in his house. A few days later, the couple, before leaving for the US, where one of their children lives, checked the cupboard and found that the jewellery had been stolen. But Babu could not complain to the police as he was in a hurry to go to the US and later asked one of his friends to lodge a complaint with the local police. After Babu returned from the US, the police intensified the investigation and caught Mahaveer at Godumavagu bridge when he was on his way to sell the stolen jewellery, worth Rs 7.60 lakh. The CI said that during interrogation, the accused confessed to the crime.
