Top storyTwo people died on the spot when a truck hit a passenger auto near Mamidigi in Nyalkal mandal of Telangana's Sangareddy district. The dead are Kamala (40), an anganwadi teacher from Vaddi village, and Ambyanayak (55) of Bhojyanayak Thanda. Five others suffered serious injuries and were shifted to hospitals in Zaheerabad and Bidar. Police registered a case and began an investigation, and the bodies were sent to a government hospital for post-mortem. Police cautioned against overspeeding at blind curves.
Police have arrested Mahesh in a murder case in Ankushapur village of Jammikunta mandal, Karimnagar district. According to Huzurabad ACP Madhavi, Mahesh had an illicit relationship with a woman, and the deceased, Mogili, had earlier been jailed after a complaint by them. After his release Mogili continued to insult them, following which Mahesh watched YouTube videos, planned the killing and struck Mogili on the head with an iron rod. The rod, phone and bike were seized.
A theft at the Sri Jain Jewel Park gold shop in Narsapuram town of West Godavari district has come to light. Police said Shaik Lal Saheb, who worked there as a clerk for the past 20 years, stole 405 grams of gold in instalments to repay debts incurred on the online Fairplay betting app. Acting on the owner's complaint and orders of SP Adnan Nayeem Asmi, Narsapuram town police cracked the case in 12 hours, detained the accused and recovered ornaments worth ₹52.65 lakh.
Mulugu district police arrested six Maoists who were planting landmines targeting police personnel, SP Sabarish said. The arrests were made during combing operations in the Tadapala forest area of Venkatapuram mandal on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border. Those held include a deputy dalam commander, two dalam members and three militia members — two women and four men. Police seized a gun, six detonators, 12 gelatin sticks, two walkie-talkies and 20 iron spikes.
Jubilee Hills police on Thursday arrested four men who allegedly dressed as transgender persons to extort money, acting on the DGP's orders. On August 21, they stopped a youth arriving in a newly bought BMW at True Black Coffee shop on Road No. 45 and demanded Rs 5,000. A YouTuber's video posted on X prompted DGP CV Anand to order a probe. Police checked 500 CCTV cameras from Jubilee Hills to Boduppal over a month and held Ramesh (40), Satyanarayana (41), Ramesh (42) and Yadagiri (44) of Boduppal, inspector Satyanarayana said.
An ATM attached to an IDFC First Bank branch at Parthasarathy Nagar in Dharmavaram, Sri Sathya Sai district, was stolen within 10 minutes. Masked men in caps arrived in a Bolero at 3.32 am Wednesday, opened the shutter, tied a synthetic belt to the machine, pulled it out with the vehicle and left town by 3.42 am. Police found the broken ATM at Hampapuram in Raptadu mandal. Bank official Loknath said Rs 4.70 lakh was inside. SP Satish Kumar formed special teams.
A three-year-old girl was taken away on a two-wheeler by two women who lured her with the promise of fruit at Brindavanam Colony in Gangapatnam, Indukurpet mandal of Nellore district, on Sunday. Using CCTV footage and a tower dump, police cracked the case within 15 hours and handed the child back to her parents. Pramila and Swetha, along with Zaheera, who bought the child for Rs 32,000, were arrested. Nellore Rural DSP Y. Harinath Reddy formed six special teams.
A man was killed by his wife in Gosangi Colony of Ward 20 under Kamareddy municipality, Telangana. According to police, Kodandam Lakshmi attacked her husband Shivaji with a sickle kept at home. He died on the spot after severe injuries to the neck. The couple reportedly had family problems for some time and frequent quarrels. Police shifted the body for post-mortem, took Lakshmi into custody, registered a case and are probing other angles.
Teams from STF Hyderabad, AC Enforcement Mahabubnagar, DTF Nagarkurnool and Kalwakurthy police conducted joint raids on Wednesday at Pochammagadda Thanda and Siloni Bavi Thanda in Veldanda mandal of Nagarkurnool district. Officials destroyed 1,450 litres of illicitly prepared FJ wash and seized 10 litres of ID liquor and 480 kg of jaggery. One person was arrested and six cases registered, officials said, adding that checks and raids against illicit liquor will continue.
Police arrested three men in the murder of Moddu Venkateswarlu, husband of YSRCP sarpanch Nagalakshmi, in Dornala mandal of Prakasam district. He was stabbed to death near the Korraprolu graves on the night of the 9th of this month. DIG CM Trivikrama Varma and SP Malika Garg said a helmet and slippers left at the scene led to the accused. Police cited a dispute from last year's sarpanch election. A motorcycle and a cellphone were seized.
Two men were arrested in Kottalacheruvu Gudem of Atmakur mandal, Nandyal district, for tying a nine-year-old girl to a pole over suspicion of theft. Atmakur DSP Ramanji Naik said the girl went to a shop on August 17 to buy snacks, after which a cash box went missing. Shop owner Nenavath Rajunaik and his brother-in-law Mallu Naik allegedly held her from 4 pm to 7 pm and circulated a video. Police seized a cellphone and sent both to remand following her mother's complaint.
Two young men died of electric shock at Bommala Centre in Thotavaripalem, Chirala mandal, on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Katthi Issaku (22) and Tiruvidhula Shyam (21), residents of Vaikunthapuram in Chirala mandal, near the Jalamma temple. They had gone for daily wage work and were doing polishing work at a house under construction in Thotavaripalem when they were accidentally electrocuted and reportedly died on the spot. Rural police examined the site and shifted the bodies to Chirala area hospital for post-mortem. A case has been registered and an investigation is under way.
Police said Pulicherla Venkateswarlu attempted to attack his wife with an arrow amid family disputes at Bairluti Gudem in Atmakur mandal of Nandyal district. Her mother, Gulla Kotamma, who intervened, was seriously injured after the arrow struck her leg. She was taken to a nearby hospital and then shifted to Kurnool government hospital as her condition was critical. Police said Venkateswarlu came home intoxicated and quarrelled with family members; his two-month-old son recently died of illness. A case has been registered and investigation is on.
Jogulamba Gadwal Collector Rizwan Basha Shaikh issued orders on Tuesday suspending three Gadwal municipality employees over alleged corruption in the collection of rent from municipal shops. The collector said Rs 11.28 lakh collected as shop rent was not deposited into the municipal account. Those suspended are Revenue Officer Rajesh Kumar, in-charge revenue inspector Rajavardhan and in-charge sharaf Rajavardhan Naidu. Additional Collector Narsinga Rao was named inquiry officer and asked to examine receipt books and records and submit a report.
Police said a CCS special team with Saifabad police on Tuesday arrested Mohammed Faisal Shah Ali Jabri, 43, alias Abdullah, Sohail and Altaf, named in more than 180 chain-snatching cases in Hyderabad. A resident of Murad Nagar in Asifnagar, he has 14 non-bailable warrants pending across Telangana. After offences in 2023 under Saifabad, Moghalpura, Charminar and Nampally police limits, he shifted to Bengaluru and Rayachoti, evading arrest for three years.
Intruders who entered a house in Mangapuram village under Thalambedu panchayat of Chittoor mandal past midnight on Friday sedated the pet dogs and killed domestic help Anandarao (50) by slitting his throat, BNR Pet SI Manikanteshwar Reddy said. They then set off crude bombs to smash window panes and fled. House owner Pattabhi Naidu lives in the United States. Anandarao, from Bapatla district, had worked there for 11 years. Police seized two bombs and registered a case.
Chain snatchings were reported at several places in Anantapur district on Tuesday, with two men on two-wheelers targeting women. At Sainagar Sixth Cross, Shyamala lost her mangalyam chain, while in Vinayakanagar, Ramaswamy Mani Vijaya from Tamil Nadu lost about five tulas of gold. Lakshmi was robbed at Prasannayapalli in Raptadu mandal, and another Lakshmi lost a 5-tula chain at Vadiyampeta. At Masalammakatta, Nagarathnamma held on, losing one tula. Police have launched searches.
Police in Bestavaripeta, Prakasam district, arrested a man who cheated a State Bank of India service point owner of Rs 50,000 by posing as the local sub-inspector. The caller said he urgently needed money for his daughter's college fee and sent a QR code on WhatsApp. When the phone went switched off, the victim complained. SI Madhava Rao formed two teams and caught Rajendra Naik of Palnadu district. CI Rajesh Kumar said four other cases are pending against him.
Hyderabad city police deployed She Teams from September 14 to 26 at the Khairatabad and Balapur Ganesh pandals, other major pandals, crowded areas and immersion routes to ensure the safety of women and girls. A total of 2,935 people were detained for eve-teasing, harassment and other objectionable activities. Officials said 858 were counselled, warned and released, 69 were punished, 24 fined Rs 1,050, 40 given community service with a Rs 1,050 fine, and five fined and jailed.
Police have arrested four people accused of stealing copper winding wires from electricity transformers within the Atmakur police station limits in Nellore district. Acting on prior information, police mounted surveillance and caught the accused red-handed while they were damaging a transformer and removing wires in farm fields at Nabbinagaram in Atmakur mandal. Police found the group had committed 19 thefts in the Atmakur sub-division. Wires worth Rs 2.31 lakh were seized. Atmakur CI Gangadhar said cases were registered and the accused remanded.
