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Man steals laptops, arrested in Hyderabad

Police arrested Shivakrishna on Monday when he was trying to sell the stolen goods in Secunderabad.

Hyderabad: A 29-year-old man hailing from Guntur committed a theft in his previous employer’s office in Habsiguda and decamped with laptops, monitors and other gadgets. Police arrested Shivakrishna on Monday when he was trying to sell the stolen goods in Secunderabad.

East zone DCP Dr V. Ravinder said that K. Shivakrishna worked in the victim's UIDAI agency office for three months in 2011. In the first week of October he returned and started working again. After the owners of the firm left for vacation during Dusserah, Shivakrishna entered the office by opening the doors and removing the screws of the door and decamped with 27 laptops and 20 LCD monitors. Police found that he sold the stolen material and spent it on luxuries.

After the owners returned from vacation on October 24 they lodged a complaint. While Shivakrishna was roaming near Rathifile bus station, police nabbed him on Monday. Police also seized 23 laptops, 20 LCD monitors and a mobile phone, worth around Rs 4 lakh from him. He was produced in court and remanded.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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