Hyderabad: A 33-year-old Nepali citizen, working as a gurkha and involved in house burglaries was detained by Rachakonda police under the PD Act. The Rachakonda commissioner, on Friday, issued orders against the detainee identified as Tek Bahadur alias Rakesh who was involved in seven house burglaries in Neredmet.
According to police, Bahadur is a native of Nepal who moved to India seeking livelihood. He started working as a gurkha in Neredmet. While working he hatched a plan to commit burglaries in locked houses to earn easy money.
He called his associates from Nepal and with their help committed the burglaries. “He disposed the stolen property and with the help of his associates, invested the earnings in his hometown in Nepal,” Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat said.
On June 23, he was arrested by Neredmet police and 24 grams of gold, four kg of silver and electronic gadgets, all worth about Rs 1.75 lakh were seized. Keeping in view his history, the PD Act was invoked against him.
