Adilabad Police crack ₹32-lakh ventilator theft case, arrest two
The Adilabad Police have successfully cracked a ₹32-lakh ventilator theft case from the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Adilabad, arresting two individuals linked to an inter-State medical equipment theft racket. The arrested persons include Sajjan Basanth Mote, a 43-year-old prime accused from Chandrapur in Maharashtra, and M. Konda Reddy, a 35-year-old medical equipment dealer from Hyderabad.
The two were identified as the alleged buyer of the stolen equipment. The police recovered all four stolen ventilators, along with other medical devices from various hospitals in Telangana and Maharashtra, as well as seized ₹1 lakh in cash. The theft occurred on October 30 when Sajjan and another accused, Abhijit, allegedly entered RIMS posing as medical technicians and stole the equipment before transporting it to Maharashtra to sell.
The police intercepted the duo near the RTO office in Adilabad while they were transporting the stolen equipment towards Hyderabad.
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