Khammam: Youth takes to burglary to make money for Everest expedition, arrested

A youngster's desire to climb Mount Everest has landed him behind bars after the police arrested him in eight house breaking cases here on Friday.

Khammam: A youngster’s desire to climb Mount Everest landed him behind bars after the police arrested him in eight house breaking cases here on Friday.

Commissioner of Police Vishnu S Warrier, speaking to the media, said the accused, Sampati Uma Prasad of Pandurangapuram in Khammam Urban mandal wanted to climb Everest, for which he resorted to burglaries to make money.

He confessed to police that he was also habituated to betting and living a lavish life with the ill-gotten money. He was caught by the CCS and Khammam Two Town police during vehicle inspections at NTR Circle in Khammam city and recovered the stolen property from him.

The 23-year-old Prasad of Khammam had completed his intermediate education and though jobless, was planning to join an expedition to climb Mount Everest. He is said to have planned to make Rs.30 lakh for the purpose. He had made a failed attempt to reach the base camp and climb the mountain a few years ago, police said.

Meanwhile, Khammam Rural, Raghunathapalem and Thirumalayapalem police caught another seven persons in dacoity and robbery cases during vehicle inspections at Ponnekal crossroads in the city on Thursday evening. Police nabbed them after a chase as they tried to escape, the CP said.

The accused, Pagadala Vijay Kumar, Sadem Laxminarayana, Shaik Saidulu, Syed Sehbaz Siddiqui, Pakalapati Dharma Teja, Saik Parvez and Pasupulati Sai of Khammam city committed eight dacoits on the outskirts of Khammam. In all, the police recovered stolen property worth Rs.67 lakh, including 1.05 kg of gold worth Rs.49.5 lakh and Rs.17.5 lakh in cash from the accused in both the cases.

The CP appreciated ACPs T Ravi, Ganesh and Baswa Reddy, CIs N Mallaiah Swamy, P Naveen, Srinivasa Rao, Sridhar and Ramakrishna for nabbing the accused.