Hyderabad: Registered medical practitioner arrested, 16 laptops, 5 mobiles seized

HYDERABAD: Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths of LB Nagar along with Vanasthalipuram police nabbed a registered medical practitioner at Panama crossroads on Tuesday and recovered 16 stolen laptops and five cellphones, all worth Rs 5 lakh from their possession.
G Naveen Kumar (41), a native of Bhadrachalam, works as an RMP at Laxmi Devunipally near Palvancha in Khammam district. “As his earnings were not sufficient to meet his expenses, Naveen hatched a plan to commit theft in buses.Once the bus reaches Hyderabad outskirts, he will lift laptop bags and get down from the bus,” Vanasthalipuram ACP Purushotham Reddy said.
The accused also used to steal laptops from the rooms of bachelors by identifying the flats where doors are left open. On August 8, one of the victims and his friend boarded an RTC bus at Narasaraopet to reach Nizampet and they kept their two company-issued laptops along with cellphones in the bus. The accused along with the seized property were produced before the court. He was sent to judicial remand.