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Two unidentified men attempted a theft at the Chennakesava Swamy temple in Sompalem of Mulakalacheruvu mandal in Annamayya district. The intruders threw chilli powder on the security staff after midnight on Sunday and entered the temple, according to the report. Villagers who heard the noise reached the temple, after which the two men fled from the spot. Details of the incident were reported on October 5.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau has taken into custody the Rangareddy district medical and health officer (DM&HO), a health inspector and a private car driver who acted as a middleman in a Rs 1 lakh bribery case. According to the ACB, Rs 2 lakh was demanded to return the keys of a physiotherapy centre sealed for operating without a licence, drop further action and grant a new licence. Acting on the owner's complaint, officials trapped the driver and recovered the money. The accused are being produced before the special court.
Hyderabad traffic police booked 380 motorists during special drunk-driving checks held on October 2 and 3 to curb road accidents. Of them, 343 were two-wheeler riders, 12 auto-rickshaw drivers and 25 drove four-wheelers and other vehicles. Official data showed 167 cases with blood alcohol concentration between 51 and 100, and three above 300. Police said drunk driving would not be tolerated and such special checks would continue.
A prank message led police to a cricket betting operation under the Kukatpally Housing Board (KPHB) police station limits in Hyderabad. A young man jokingly messaged his girlfriend that he had been kidnapped. Alarmed, she called emergency number 112. Officers who reached the flat found no kidnappers but unaccounted cash of Rs 30 lakh along with mobile phones and tabs used for betting. Sumanth, Manoj and Gautham, from Andhra Pradesh, were arrested; the network is under investigation.
Excise police seized 474 boxes of Goa-made liquor — Mansion House quarter bottles — stored illegally in a tin shed in a grove near the railway gate in Raptadu mandal of Anantapur district on Monday evening. The stock is valued at Rs 44 lakh at Andhra Pradesh prices. Abusaleha, Dastagiri Hussain, Kishore and watchman Anand were arrested, while main accused Boosupalli Venkatasivakumar Reddy is absconding. Enforcement Assistant Commissioner Muniswami received information two days earlier; the raid followed Deputy Commissioner Nagamaddayya's orders and cellphone signal tracking.
Kakinada district police have busted a cyber gang that routed crores of rupees through mule bank accounts, SP Bindu Madhav said on Friday. Putta Ram, based in Dubai, paid Rs 30,000 per account to associates who opened accounts in the names of unsuspecting people. The case surfaced after Korra Lovakrishna found Rs 50 lakh in transactions in his account. Police identified 48 mule accounts and Rs 8.80 crore in suspect transactions. Satish and Prasad were arrested; Uday Kiran is absconding.
Two people died on the spot in a road accident on the national highway near Bodugudem in Chintoor mandal, in the Polavaram area. A speeding car lost control and hit from behind a lorry carrying iron from Odisha to Tamil Nadu. Both vehicles caught fire; the car was completely gutted and its two occupants were burnt alive. Police identified the dead as Nimmakayala Ayyanna (35) of Someswaram, Rayavaram mandal, East Godavari district, and Adivi Surya Vinay Teja (28) of Miyapur, Rangareddy district. A case has been registered and an investigation begun.
East Zone Task Force and Afzalgunj police arrested two interstate ganja smugglers transporting cannabis from Odisha to Hyderabad, seizing 11 kg of ganja and two cellphones. Police said Aman Hantati (22) and Raiman Goote (22), from Malkangiri in Odisha, worked as centring labourers in the city and turned to ganja supply as their income was insufficient. They struck a Rs 12,500 deal with Malkangiri seller Jino, collected the consignment at Bhadrachalam bus stand and travelled by private bus. They were held near JK Nursery while waiting to hand it to Vinod Singh of Dhulpet.
An Omni van lost control on the Karimnagar-Warangal national highway, ran into a crop field and overturned, injuring the driver and eight others. The accident occurred on Sunday on the newly built highway on the outskirts of Peddapapayyapalli village in Huzurabad mandal. Labourers from the Kotthuru Jenda area of Hanumakonda district were travelling towards Karimnagar for work when a tyre burst, according to information available. 108 staff shifted the injured to Huzurabad government hospital; five in critical condition were moved to Warangal.
Police have arrested Musunuri Srinivas and Soujanya, a couple from Paiduruapdu near Vijayawada, for allegedly collecting over Rs 13 crore from hundreds of job seekers by promising jobs in the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Finland. Running consultancies named Flying Borders, they advertised on YouTube and Instagram and held fake online interviews, charging Rs 8 lakh to Rs 13 lakh each. Police cite Rs 11 crore from 700 victims in Vijayawada and Rs 2.2 crore from 130 in Visakhapatnam.
Bibinagar police and SOT teams jointly seized 27 kg of mephedrone worth Rs 54 crore and about 40 kg of acetone liquid in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. During vehicle checks on the outskirts of Kondamadugu on Saturday, a car with Maharashtra registration was stopped and seized. SP Akshansh Yadav said on Sunday that Chetan Madhukar Mefram, Mujamal Haq, Upadrashta Ramanamurthy and Akash Ashok Gawande were arrested, while four others are absconding.
Four members of a family died when a car went out of control and fell into a roadside well on the outskirts of Appanapalli village in Dubbaka mandal, Siddipet district, on Wednesday night. Raju of Balavanthapur, his wife Bhagya, son Niyansh and daughter Sanvika were returning after attending a function in Siddipet. When they did not reach home, relatives informed police, who traced the car using Raju's mobile signal. Police confirmed all four died on the spot, shifted the bodies for post-mortem and registered a case.
Police conducted a cordon and search operation in the Kunta area of Bhainsa town on Wednesday morning. Additional SP Kiran Prabhakar Kare said the exercise aimed to curb anti-social activities and make towns and villages crime-free. About 80 two-wheelers, nine three-wheelers and two cars without proper documents were seized, along with banned gutka and seven cheap liquor bottles. He warned that those without masks in public face action under Sections 51-60 of the Disaster Management Act and IPC 188. CIs, SIs and about 150 constables participated.
Thieves broke the locks of a house in Prakash Nagar, Narasaraopet town of Palnadu district, and took away 100 sovereigns of gold, one kilogram of silver and Rs 45,000 in cash. Victims Gadiparti Subbarao and Bharathi Devi had gone to their daughter's house at Ganapavaram in Nadendla mandal on the 4th of this month. On returning Sunday afternoon, they found the locks broken and the almirah open. One Town police were informed. CI Firoz inspected the house and a clues team collected samples. A case has been registered and investigation is on, the CI said.
Hyderabad cybercrime police have registered a case against 65 mirror websites, including iBomma and Bappam, for illegally uploading and distributing Telugu films. The action followed a complaint by the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce. The chamber alleged the sites upload high-definition copies of new theatrical releases and OTT exclusives within hours of launch. Officials said the sites keep changing URLs through proxy domains and that about 95% of piracy sites rely on Cloudflare. Investigation to identify key operators continues.
Cyber fraudsters promising profits in online trading made a Mangalagiri resident transfer lakhs of rupees in instalments to accounts they specified. When he was told to deposit more money to withdraw the shown profits, he realised the fraud and complained immediately. Police froze the accounts and recovered 25% of the amount. The receiving account belonged to a laundry worker in Karnataka whose details a person from Odisha obtained for a payment. Police advised complaints to 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in.
Gubbala Rammohan Rao (60), a retired Singareni employee, was murdered in the Ganesh Temple area under Kothagudem 3 Town limits in Bhadradri Kothagudem district. Police said two unidentified men entered his house on Monday (September 22) night while he was having dinner, attacked him, dragged him outside and hit him on the head with a hammer. He died on the spot due to severe bleeding. Three Town police, led by Kothagudem DSP Abdul Rehman, examined the scene with forensic and dog squad teams and are collecting CCTV evidence. The motive is yet to be established.
Two labourers were killed in a road accident on a national highway near Yernagudem in Devarapalli mandal of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, in the early hours of the morning. An unidentified vehicle hit the tractor in which the labourers were travelling from behind, killing Srinu (39) and Kadali Rajendra (32), both from Devarapalli village, on the spot. Police reached the site, registered a case and began an investigation. Full details are awaited.
As part of the investigation into the alleged MLAs poaching case at the Moinabad farmhouse, Fifth Metropolitan Magistrate D. Devender Babu recorded the statement of Tandur MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy at the Rangareddy district court on Tuesday. Reddy is the complainant in the case, and his statement had to be recorded under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code by a magistrate outside the jurisdiction. Saroornagar police produced the MLA in court under special security.
Yashoda, 38, was beaten to death with a stick by her husband Ramana at Marella in KV Palli mandal of Annamayya district. The couple, married 22 years ago, have two children. Yashoda had gone to Kuwait for work three years ago and returned to her village a month ago, and was trying to go back. Police suspect Ramana, who opposed the move and doubted her conduct, hit her on the head while she slept. He surrendered at the police station and was arrested.
