Police crack theft case at Samakantaka Diamonds

The Banjara Hills crime team after examining CCTV footage traced the accused, Pavan Kumar alias Macha, of Singadikunta, and picked him up

Update: 2022-12-24 18:28 GMT
Gangajalam took out the cash from near the temple and shifted it to a dust bin and this was when he got captured on a CCTV. Representational image

HYDERABAD: The alleged thief who stole Rs 1 crore worth of gems from Samakantaka Diamonds in Filmnagar couldn’t resist small pickings and swiped a magnifying glass at the outlet on December 20.

The Banjara Hills crime team after examining CCTV footage traced the accused, Pavan Kumar alias Macha, of Singadikunta, and picked him up.

When the police was interrogating him, the complainant, former minister Chenchu Pavan Kumar, came there at the same time and identified the magnifying glass that Pavan Kumar had placed on the table. With the plot unravelling, the accused confessed to the heist.

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