Mantri Shankar had started committing offences since 1979. He was involved in more than 260 house burglaries and thefts here and convicted in 209 cases after arrests 22 times. Post his last release from jail on December 14, 2021, he formed a gang with his three associates and resumed house burglaries, stated Chakravarthy Gummi, the DCP of Commissioner's Task Force. Representational image/DC
Hyderabad: Task force sleuths of Hyderabad police on Thursday apprehended two habitual property offenders in separate cases and recovered stolen property.
The arrest of one Parankusham Ashok, involved in a series of house burglaries led to detection of two pending cases at Banjara Hills and recovery of gold, silver articles, mobile phones and cash, all worth Rs 3.5 lakh.
In another case, auto driver S. Krishna was arrested and 92 stolen mobile phones were recovered from him. He started committing offences in Kurnool and Karnataka before moving over to Hyderabad.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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