Katur robbery: Dacoits arrested

Vijayawada: City police on Tuesday arrested the notorious gang of dacoits, involved in the recent robbery incident at Katur village.

The accused

members

of the gang were identified as Pala Siva alias Rajesh, Mekala Yesu, Penumaka Mahesh, Doddi Pothuraju and Pala Venu. The members of ‘Peddintigolla’

dacoity

gang is based in Tenali town, Guntur district.

Addressing a press conference, Vijayawada police commissioner Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao explained that the gang so far has committed around six similar crimes in Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and served a jail term in the past.

After the incident in Vuyyur, where the miscreants robbed cash and gold at knife-point, cops formed special teams to nab the culprits. Rao said the sixth member of the gang is still

absconding

and that special teams are working to nab him.

The commissioner explained that on February 11, the accused attacked Aarepalli Naga Rajanikanth’s house and robbed 62 grams of gold ornaments, Rs 10,000 cash and a cell phone.

Based on Rajanikanth’s complaint, city commissioner formed teams to find out the whereabouts of the accused. Explaining the modus operandi of the accused gang, Rao said that they took a rented house in Boddapadu village and committed petty crimes during night hours.

“The accused gang first conducted a recce in Katur village before robbing Rajanikanth’s house. They threatened Rajanikanth and his family with an iron rod and knife and demanded money. They came in an auto and parked it near a field to avoid being noticed. Based on the clue obtained from the scene of the offence, we arrested the accused. The gang committed a similar offence in Miryalaguda in Telangana as well,” Tirumala Rao said.


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