Writer arrested for burglary, booty worth Rs 6 lakh recovered

Hyderabad: A notorious burglar was arrested by SR Nagar police on Tuesday. Police recovered property worth Rs 6 lakh from his possession.

According to the report published in the Times of India M Narasimha Rao, 41, a writer from Film Nagar in Jubilee Hills, was arrested at Maitrivanam. On interrogation, the accused confessed to committing eight burglaries at SR Nagar, Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills in the past few months.

11 laptops, 10 monitors, eight CPUs, two LED TVs and two bikes were recovered from him. According to police sources the accused has a crime record since 1997. He was said to have involved in 30 burglaries, five bike thefts in Vijayawada, Khammam and West Godavari district and twelve non-bailable warrants are pending against him. Rao was remanded in judicial custody.