CISF Seizes Currency, Arrests Man with Musk Deer Pelts at Hyderabad Airport
HYDERABAD: CISF personnel with the Aviation Security Guard (ASG) seized 10.3 lakh worth of US dollars, Thai bhat and Indian currency from an Indian national, Mohammed Arif Hussain, travelling to Colombo. CISF personnel CT. Balakrishna and K. Anji Reddy noticed a suspicious package in Hussain’s luggage during a routine scan and recovered the currency. Meanwhile, airport officials arrested one Syed Akbar Pasha, 43, of Raichur, Karnataka, for transporting musk deer pelts and its organs. He was travelling to Mumbai via Hyderabad. Chief forest conservative officer B. Saidulu suspected that the organ could be a fake, and had been sent to the CCMB for confirmation.
Three Arrested for Murder of 23-Year-Old Man in Suspected Business Rivalry
Police on Sunday arrested three persons for murdering a 23-year-old man on Friday. The tri had rammed their autorickshaw into the victim’s bike and tried to pass it off as a road accident, Abdullapurmet police said.
Police identified the accused as T. Srisailam, J. Dashrath and G. Linga Swamy and the victim as P. Ramachander. His cousin M. Venkatesh survived with a fracture in his right leg. Police said the reason for the attack was business rivalry, and not the demand for repayment of a loan as was previously suspected.
The victims were drinking liquor at a shop in Batasingaram when the accused came in an autorickshaw and attacked them. The cousins fled on their bike but the trio took an alternative route, came in the opposite direction and rammed into the two-wheeler. Police first assumed it was a road accident but Venkatesh told about the attack and the business rivalry.
Police arrested the trio from the Batasingaram bus stop. Police said Srisailam told them that the cousins used to sell their scrap to him but had switched to another dealer which angered him.
Police Raid Lodge-Turned-Brothel, Arrest Two and Rescue Two Girls
The central zone task force along with Nampally police raided a lodge that was converted into a brothel late night on Saturday, arrested two persons and rescued two girls. A release said sub-inspector S. Sai Kiran and head constable Sarala Devi led a team to the hotel and busted the racket.
The police arrested the organiser Salahuddin and a customer. The girls victims were sent to a women;s home, police said. Salahuddin had been running the from 2020 and was attracting customers through an online portal.
Police handed over the duo to the Nampally police for further investigation and booked a case under the Prevention of Immoral Traffic Act against Salahuddin.
Police Bust Counterfeit Mobile Phone Accessories Racket, Arrest Four
The central zone task force and the Abids police and Domalguda police raided four shops and arrested four persons for selling duplicate accessories of a famous mobile phone brand. The police teams conducted simultaneous raids on three shops in Jagadish market — Jai Rajeshwar Mobile store, New Collection Mobile Store and PS Telecom Mobile Shop — and another at Himayathnagar, Trinity/Migliore Innovations.
Police said the accused illegally procuring and sold duplicate accessories by printing and affixing the logos and images of the company.
The accused were identified as Bharata Ram, 40, Padam Singh, 26, Visaram Purohit alias Vishal, 28, and G. Shiva Vara Prasad.
Police seized 400 phone back covers with duplicate logo, apart from USB and lighting cables, duplicate batteries among others.
Builder Arrested for Allegedly Murdering Estranged Wife in Vanasthalipuram
Vanasthalipuram police on Sunday arrested T. Balakotaiah, a 40-year-old builder, for allegedly murdering his estranged wife Shalini in Satavahananagar on Friday.
The couple had married in 2008 and were residents of Injapur. Balakotaiah began suspecting that Shalini was having an affair, and quarrelled with her frequently over this. Unable to put up with this, Shalini shifted to her maternal house in Satavahananagar with her two sons in July, LB Nagar DCP Sai Sri said.
On Friday, Balakotaiah followed Shalini, who was riding a two-wheeler, and intercepted her two-wheeler near a temple in Vijayapuri Colony. When she fell down, he smashed her head with a boulder. Vanasthalipuram inspector Jalandar Reddy registered a case of murder and formed three teams to arrest Balakotaiah.
Three Arrested with Cocaine Haul on Manikonda-Lanco Hills Road
The Raidurgam police arrested two siblings, Gopishetty Naresh and G. Rajesh, and Thota Kranthi Kumar for possession cocaine on the Manikonda-Lanco Hills road. The drugs, in nine packets, was found hidden in two cars. Police said Naresh had obtained the drug from Goa. Police said they found two persons sitting in a car were acting in a suspicious manner. When the police approached them, they tried to flee but were arrested.
