Two chain snatchers arrested

Kakinada: Kakinada district police have arrested two alleged chain snatchers involved in 15 cases reported in Kakinada and Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema districts and recovered 280 grams of gold chains worth about Rs 40 lakh and a motorcycle from them. Disclosing the details at a press conference on Thursday, Kakinada District Superintendent of Police G Bindu Madhav said the arrests were made as part of a special drive to curb a series of chain-snatching incidents reported over the past three years. The arrested persons were identified as Lanka Dorababu (46) a native of Penumalla village in Kajuluru mandal and currently residing at Parlopeta, Dairy Farm area in Kakinada district, and Mandapalli Veerraju (41) of Kandregula village in Pedapudi mandal.

According to the SP, the accused were apprehended at around 1.30 pm on Thursday at an open plot in Janachaitanya Layout in S Achyutapuram village of Kakinada Rural mandal. Indrapalem Sub-Inspector M Veerababu identified and arrested them.

The investigation revealed that the accused allegedly targeted elderly women who were alone in residential areas, snatching their gold chains and fleeing on a motorcycle. Police said the duo had allegedly resorted to the offences to make easy money after falling into debt and developing bad habits. The cases were registered at Indrapalem, Sarpavaram, Kakinada II Town, Samalkot and Peddapuram police stations in Kakinada district and Ramachandrapuram police station in Konaseema district. The incidents were reported from areas including Gandhi Nagar, Gokulam, Sarpavaram, Rayudupalem, Samalkot and Peddapuram.

Bindu Madhav said special teams were formed on his instructions and under the direct supervision of Additional SP (Administration) Dr Mahanti Kishore Kumar to identify the offenders and prevent further incidents.

Crime police personnel, the Kakinada IT Core team and Indrapalem police jointly pursued the investigation using technical evidence and other investigative methods. The SP appreciated Crime Circle Inspector P V Trinadh, Kakinada Rural Circle Inspector D Chaitanya Krishna, IT Core Inspector D Durga Sekhar Reddy, Crime Sub-Inspector S Wilson Babu, Indrapalem SI M Veerababu and other personnel for their coordinated efforts in cracking the cases and recovering the stolen property.

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Deekshitula Subrahmanyam

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Deekshitula RV Subrahmanyam is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts, along with Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts. A journalist with experience of over three decades, he began his career as a Telugu mofussil reporter in 1991. He writes extensively on politics, tribal affairs, rural development, tourism, development, and human-interest stories He is the author of the six-part Telugu prose Ramayana Sitarama Kathasudha and has received several literary and journalistic honours, including the JCI Young Writer Award, Vadlamudi Rammohan Rao Memorial Award and Madduri Annapurnayya Memorial Award.

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