Hyderabad: A property offender who ate seasonal fruits before taking up burglary missions was caught by the Medchal police on Wednesday. The police recovered 5.5 tola gold and Rs 60,000 cash from him. According to Medchal inspector, S. Venkat Reddy, the accused has been identified as Shaik Osman, 48, who is involved in over 70 house burglary cases in Rachakonda, Cyberabad and Hyderabad.
“Before going on a mission, the man would eat fruits and consume liquor,” police officials said and scout for locked houses and commit burglary. The accused stays at various locations like lodges and hotels and stays away from his family. He would observe and target locked houses and later break into them with a rod,” said the official.
The police said that over a period time, the man had developed a habit of eating fruits before embarking on missions. “Generally, we come across cases wherein the burglar consumes liquor and commits offences. But this man takes fruits too before committing offences,” said the inspector.
