Hyderabad: A 19-year-old short filmmaker and his two friends, who had police records, were arrested by Malkajgiri police for their involvement in house burglaries. Police recovered electronic equipment worth around Rs 2.3 lakh from the suspects, identified as short film-maker K. Rahul Dev, B. Harshath Saireddy and M. Naveen.
Rahul Dev used to make short films and upload them on social media websites. but ran into debts. He thought of resorting to robbery to raise money, and discussed it with his two friends who were earlier arrested for theft.
As per their plan, the trio committed thefts in two houses in Kushaiguda and Jawahar nagar police stations.
Based on credible information, police nabbed them while they were trying to dispose of the stolen goods. Police arrested the trio and seized three laptops, an LCD television and two mobile phones, all worth around Rs 2.3 lakh from their possession.
