Police commissioner C.V. Anand at a press meet in ICCC Banjara Hills on Thursday gives details on how the `2-crore house burglary case was cracked in 24 hours.
Hyderabad: Police teams solved a `2-crore house burglary case within 24 hours. Three notorious history-sheeters were arrested in the case. The arrested are all natives of Bihar. The main accused is also involved in a murder case at Domalguda in January 2024, officials said.
According to city police commissioner C.V. Anand, the offenders committed a burglary on the intervening night of February 10 and 11 in Narayanguda and stole diamond, gold, silver, cash and foreign currency of different countries all worth over `2 crore.
The accused, who were arrested on Thursday, are identified as Susheel Mukhiya, 29, a cook and native of Madhubani in Bihar, while Basanti Arhi, 40, a maid servant was from West Bengal.
The modus operandi of the main accused Molhu Mukhiya, alias Manoj Mukhiyaa, and his associates was to first select the houses of rich people especially from the Marwadi and Jain communities and join as maid servants, cook or security guards, Anand said in a press meet.
The trio, after gaining confidence from the house owners, planned to execute the robberies, and the notorious offenders wouldn't hesitate to kill the home owners, Anand said, adding they would escape to their village after the job was done.
Accused Molhu was absconding after killing a woman in Domalguda in January 2024, along with another associate Mahesh, who was working as cook in the house of woman and Rahul from Madhuban, Bihar. The stolen property worth `1-crore is yet to be recovered in the case.
Molhu was also involved in property offences in Delhi and went to jail and several non-bailable warrants were pending against him, the commissioner said.
Our teams registered a case on Wednesday based on a complaint of Abhay Kedia, caretaker of Rohit Kedia. Kedia, in his complaint, stated the house owners are in Dubai for their daughter’s wedding ceremony.
In his absence, on the interviewing night of February 10 and 11, some unknown offenders gained entry into the house in Narayanguda and ransacked the almirahs, lockers and stole diamond, gold, silver, net cash of `20 lakh and other foreign currency all worth `2 crore, the commissioner said.
“The citizens before appointing helpers at their houses should cross check their backgrounds, collect their ID proofs and inform the local police station to prevent such incidents," the commissioner said, appreciating the efforts made by the special teams from Narayanguda Police East Zone and Task Force.
The accused, along with the seized property, have been produced before the court for judicial remand.
