A prisoner arrested in a mobile phone theft case escaped from Aluva Sub Jail in Kerala on Monday, prompting police to launch a search operation. Madhur Jya Sonowal, 28, was reported missing after prisoners were allowed out of their cells
Khairatabad Police Station police arrested two repeat offenders accused of stealing mobile phones from homes where residents slept with open doors during summer nights. Police recovered 22 stolen phones, while one accused was found to have 29 prior criminal cases.
A police driver at Mehdipatnam station was arrested for allegedly stealing a recovered mobile phone worth ₹1.75 lakh. The device had been seized from a thief, but vanished from a station drawer. An internal inquiry traced the theft to the policeman, who was remanded.
In the first case, the police arrested a couple Arun Kumar alias Nanny (23), and his wife Anuradha alias Nikki (20), along with Rambabu (20) and a minor boy.
