MARKET POLICE apprehended 18 members of a dacoit gang  AND RECOVERRED around ₹ 43 LAKHS CASH & about 59 grams of gold. 

 

FACT OF THE CASE:

 

Market Police have registered a case based on a dacoity complaint filed by Sri Hariram, resident of Bowenpally. The complainant reported that a known person, Radheshyam, offered him a deal for purchasing 1 KG of gold at a 5% discount on the market rate, on the condition of payment in liquid cash. Initially, the complainant was introduced to a group of five unknown persons. Later, Radheshyam and Rambabu visited the complainant’s office to verify the availability of the liquid cash and confirmed the same to their associates over the phone. Subsequently, four unknown individuals entered the premises, posing as officials from the SOT Rachakonda Commissionerate. One among them identified himself as Keshavulu and displayed ID card. These individuals then assaulted the complainant and took away bag along with the mobile phones of the complainant, Rambabu, and Radheshyam, while issuing threats. They fled the scene using a car and two bikes.

 

Details of Accused arrested:

 

A-1: Chandra Shekar Verma, S/o N. Ramakrishna Raju (38), Krishna District, AP

A-2: Nagaraju Kumar Verma, S/o N. Ramakrishna Raju (33), Krishna District, AP

A-4: Bodduju Praveen Chary, S/o Late Satyam (26), Srisailam, AP

A-5: Meesala Keshavulu, S/o M. Veera Swamy (33), TGSP Constable, Nagar Kurnool, AP

A-6: Bollepally Vijaya Sekhar Raju, S/o Hanuma Raju (45), Nalgonda District, TG

A-7: Rehni Vinod Kumar @ Vinay, S/o R. Hari Lal (36), Chandanagar, Lingampally

A-9: Bhukya Rambabu Naik, S/o Nageshwar Rao (23), Jagadgirigutta, Medchal-Malkajgiri

A-10: Sunkaripally Bhanu Prakash, S/o S. Vishnu Murthy (22), Kukatpally, Hyderabad

A-11: Shaik Nabi @ Shahrukh Khan, S/o Late Shaik Khader (24), Reinbazar, Yakutpura

A-12: Kella Uma Mahesh, S/o Prasad (24), West Godavari District

A-13: Mantri Venkatesh, S/o Laxmi Narayana (49), Uppal, Medchal-Malkajgiri

A-16: Radheshyam Mundada, S/o Kamal Kishore Mundada (26), Rasoolpura, Secunderabad

A-17: N. Tirumalesh @ Tony, S/o Late N. Anjanna (28), Mahabubnagar District

A-18: Tanga Dinesh Sai, S/o Late Srinivasa Rao (31), Manikonda, Hyderabad

A-19: Roshan Sunil, S/o Thomous (27), Yapral, Balajinagar, Medchal-Malkajgiri

A-20: Geedi Aravind, S/o Late G. Dashrath (21), Yapral, Medchal-Malkajgiri

A-21: Yerolla Rajesh, S/o Late Y. Shiva Lingam (30), Yapral, Medchal-Malkajgiri

A-22: Chepuri Surender @ Chinnu, S/o C. Ramulu (26), Jawahar Nagar, Medchal-Malkajgiri

 

Details of Accused Absconding: 

 

A-3 Suresh, A-8 Teja, A-14 Srikanth, A-15 Sai Baba, A-23 Auto Baba @ Babloo, A-24 Ashok, A-25 Pasha, A-26 Bhaskar, A-27 Mahesh, A-28 Farooq.

 

SEIZURES MADE:

1. Net cash of ₹43,21,200/-

2. Gold ornaments weighing 57.193 grams worth approx. 6L

3. One Swift Dzire car

4. One Kia Carens car

5. Four two-wheelers

6. 23 mobile phones

 

MODUS OPERANDI:

A-1 and A-2, who are brothers, devised a plan to impersonate gold traders offering gold at a 5% discounted rate to lure victims with large amounts of liquid cash. Their actual intent was to stage a robbery during the transaction. A-2 contacted A-3 Suresh, who claimed to have connections in Pot Market. Upon Suresh’s confirmation, A-1 and A-2 decided to go ahead. A meeting was held at Blue Sea Hotel on 18.06.2025 with members A-1 to A-15 to finalize the plan. Later, A-2 and others met the complainant and convinced him of the legitimacy of the gold deal. A-15 even showed an online account balance to build trust. Subsequently, Rambabu and the complainant went to his office to verify the cash, and the location was shared with the robbers. Following the plan, A-5 (Keshavulu) along with A-6, A-7, and A-8 arrived at the location posing as police officers, seized the cash and mobile phones, and fled. While escaping, Keshavulu handed over the cash to Rambabu, who then left on a bike with Bhanu (A-10).

During their escape, four individuals from a separate "Vehicle Recovery Team" (A-19 to A-22) who recognized Bhanu’s bike as an EMI default vehicle intercepted them at Trimulgherry, searched the bag, found the cash, and robbed it under threat of false police action. After learning about this incident, A-1 confronted Bhanu and others. A-13, Venkatesh, then summoned local associates who detained and assaulted Bhanu and others at Ghatkesar.

 

INVESTIGATION PROGRESS:

Through the examination of over 100 CCTV cameras and witness statements credible information, the investigation revealed the involvement of two distinct criminal groups:

The original dacoity gang who executed the fake gold deal and robbed the complainant.

A secondary group reportedly a vehicle seizure team, who robbed the original robbers.

 

 

SUPERVISION:

The swift detection and recovery were accomplished by Sri V. Ramchander, SHO, Market PS, Sri Shakeer Ali, DI, SIs Shiv Shankar, N. Giridhar, Smt. K. Mamatha, Lakshminarayana of Ramgopalpet and staff of Crime Teams under the close supervision of Ms. Rashmi Perumal, IPS, DCP, North Zone, Sri P. Ashok, Addl. DCP, North Zone, Sri S. Saidaiah, ACP, Mahankali Division, 

 

APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC:

The public is hereby cautioned not to fall prey to fraudulent schemes promising gold or other commodities at unusually low prices. Please verify any such claims thoroughly and report suspicious activities to the police immediately to help prevent such crimes.

 

Ms Rashmi Perumal, IPS

Deputy Commissioner of Police

North Zone, Hyderabad City.