"burglars"

The burglars also made a vain bid to burgle the house of one Mohan.

According to the police, the centre was unmanned, and the burglars are suspected to have used tools to damage the lock on the main door and enter the office and decamped with cash

Ramagundam police arrested one of the gang members, Adesh Sharma, from Hasnpur, Hurja taluq, Badam district of Uttar Pradesh

The owner had locked the house and gone to attend a family function on Sunday night, when the incident occurred.

The arrested were identified as Roshan Kumar Singh (21), a gift shop owner, and M Chetan (22), a private employee, both residents of Yapral in Jawaharnagar

Disclosing the details of the arrest, Deputy Commissioner of Police D Uday Kumar said that the accused Rahul Shetty, an auto-rickshaw driver and his relative Satyavati belong to Jagdalapur in Chhattisgarh

The arrested persons were identified as M Rama Rao (52) of Khairatabad, K Srinivasa Rao (54) of Neredmet and Sunkari Saritha (27), a nurse who purchased stolen property from them.

Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat appreciated the investigation officer and his team for their efforts in securing the conviction

According to the police, thieves opened the shutter of Mathaji Jewellers and Pawnbrokers using hand tools and gained entry into the store before escaping with ornaments post-midnight

The gang, while trying to break into Grameena Vikas Bank branch on the busy NH-161 at Shivvampet, triggered off the alarm that alerted the police who immediately rushed to the spot.

The suspects damaged the shutters of a jewelry shop, two footwear shops, two grocery stores at Gunj Road, and three other shops including a hardware shop near Kodangal cross road.

P Raj Karan (19), Shaik Jameel alias Raju (35), Peter Paul (18) were arrested by Hyderabad Task Force and J Chandhan alias Ramesh (36), S Shankaraiah (26) held by Medipally police

Based on a complaint the police booked a case and identified the two suspects with the help of footage recorded by the surveillance cameras

According to reports, the burglars used gas cutters to open the cash dispensing machine before making away with the cash inside. The incident happened past midnight at the State Bank of India ATM centre in Vanasthalipuram.

Acting on a tip off, the Commissioner’s Task Force (east) team caught the duo - Nenavath Vinod Kumar (25), a car driver and Katravath Rajesh (25), a painter who were involved in eight cases registered at Meerpet, Charminar, Balapur

Raju, Veerender Kumar and Dharmender travelled all the way from their native Kathara Mafi village in Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh, to Goliwada pump house where they committed the crime.

According to the police, the house-owner Srinivas Reddy went out on some work and returned on Monday night to find his house burgled.