Hyderabad: A man who allegedly entered a woman’s flat on a false pretext, stabbed her and fled with her mobile phone in Malakpet on October 27 was arrested by the police during vehicle checks on November 2. Further investigation led to the identification of two more accused, who were allegedly involved in receiving and disposing of stolen property.
According to the Police, the incident occurred between 4.30 pm and 5 pm at Pochamma Basti in Gaddiannaram, when the accused, Kesari Manikanta alias Munna, allegedly gained entry into the woman’s flat on a false pretext, attacked her with a knife and escaped with her mobile phone. Police shifted the injured woman to Yashoda Hospital in Malakpet for treatment.
The Malakpet Police, along with the Commissioner’s Task Force, examined witnesses, analysed CCTV footage from nearby premises and collected other evidence to identify the attacker. Manikanta was apprehended on November 2 around 4.15 pm during vehicle checks at Gaddiannaram X Road.
Further investigation led to the arrest of Narapogu Vamshi Krishna alias Vamshi and Ajay Kumar, who allegedly helped receive and dispose of stolen property.
According to the police, Manikanta had been involved in around 59 criminal cases registered in Hyderabad and various districts of Telangana, while Vamshi Krishna had allegedly figured in around 39 cases, taking their combined criminal antecedents to 98 cases.
Their names had figured in several property offence cases registered at police stations, including Saidabad, Saroornagar, Chaitanyapuri, Chilkalguda, Malakpet, Nacharam, Uppal and Gopalapuram.
The police recovered the victim’s stolen OnePlus mobile phone, 22 other mobile phones of different makes, three motorcycles allegedly connected with theft cases and a steel knife suspected to have been used in the attack.