Bowenpally cops arrest 3 thieves, recover 14 two-wheelers
Hyderabad: Bowenpally police arrested three thieves and seized 14 two-wheelers, 4 duplicate vehicle registration certificates, and one laptop, worth a total of eight lakh rupees, on June 10 (Monday).
The accused have been identified as (A1) Raazak Khan, 38, who was employed as a bike mechanic and resided in Qutubullapur; (A2) Yammala Yohanu, 29, who worked as a car driver and native of Eluru Mandal, Andhra Pradesh; and (A3) Goriparthi Venkatappayya, 28, who was employed at a Xerox center and resided in Machilipatnam Mandal, Andhra Pradesh.
The police stated that the accused, Raazak Khan (A1) and Yohanu (A-2), used to live in Suraram of Qutubullapur and Hafeezpet of Miyapur, and are friends. They are facing financial difficulties due to their various addictions. In order to make quick money, they planned to commit property offenses. Specifically, their plan involved stealing bikes starting from October 2023. They intended to target areas such as Bowenpally, Trimulgherry, Nampally, Jeedimetla, Alwal, and other regions of Hyderabad and Cyberabad Commissionerate, police revealed.
The police have reported that the thieves were targeting residential areas during the early morning hours, specifically between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. They would steal bikes and leave them near the scene of the crime for one or two days before returning to collect them. This strategy allowed them to avoid police patrols, added the police.
Bowenpally Police Arrested Three Offenders And Recovered 14bikes And 4 Duplicate Vehicle Registration Certificates. https://t.co/eme1SuD1tX pic.twitter.com/MG1W7WlZDJ
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The police stated that the stolen bikes were later sold on OLX to unsuspecting buyers for Rs. 10,000 to 15,000. To meet the buyers’ demands for the original registration documents, the culprits sought the help of A-3 Goriparthi Venkatappayya, who runs a DTP center in Gollapalem Village, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. It was at this location that duplicate vehicle registration certificates were prepared, said the police.
According to the police, the A-3 used a laptop to obtain the owners’ information from the RTA website and then sent the information to A-1 and A-2. They charged Rs. 1500 for each document. After obtaining duplicate RCs, A-1 and A-2 sold the vehicles through platforms like OLX and other means.
V. Sadar Naik, Detective Inspector of Police, Bowenpally, and B. Lakshmi Narayana Reddy, Station House Officer (SHO) of Bowenpally, along with their team, apprehended the suspects under the supervision of P. Gopala Krishna Murthy, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Begumpet Division, and P. Ashok, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, North Zone.
