Laptop thief, receiver held, 19 stolen laptops worth ₹7.6 lakh recovered
Narayanguda police apprehended a laptop thief and his buyer, recovering 19 stolen laptops worth ₹7.6 lakh connected to 16 theft cases in Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri Commissionerates. Sangishetty Vineeth, 29, from New Ashok Nagar, Secunderabad, and Vemunuri Srinivas, 29, from Warasiguda, were arrested by the Narayanguda police.
Vineeth targeted unattended laptops in study halls during lunch and dinner breaks, selling them to Srinivas, a habitual receiver of stolen property. The pair were involved in laptop thefts in the Narayanguda limits, near KMIT College and Telugu Academy, over two days. Police used CCTV footage and technical evidence to apprehend Vineeth.
The recovered laptops comprised seven Dell, six HP, three Lenovo, two Acer, and one Asus laptops, valued at ₹7.6 lakh. The investigation linked the accused to 16 cases across the three commissionerates, including Saifabad, Malakpet, Narayanguda, Abids, SR Nagar, Nallakunta in Hyderabad, Chaitanyapuri, Kushaiguda, Uppal, LB Nagar, Alwal in Malkajgiri, and Kukatpally in Cyberabad.
The case began after a complaint from V. Suresh, who found his HP laptop missing from his cabin at Bright Minds Study Hall on August 16. Further investigation into the stolen laptop network is ongoing.
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