Hyderabad: Meerpet police have arrested a constable for allegedly misappropriating gold ornaments seized in a dowry death case.
The accused, N Sravan Kumar, was arrested on Oct 28 and remanded to judicial custody the next day. A suo motu case was registered against him on Oct 27 following a complaint by Meerpet inspector B Shobhan. The seized property was handed over to Sravan on Aug 22 in the presence of the station house officer and sector SI Uma Maheswari,” the inspector stated in his complaint. Police later found that Sravan had allegedly transferred ₹1.7 lakh from Raj Kumar’s bank account using his seized mobile phone to his wife’s and other accounts.
“He also allegedly pledged 122 grams of seized gold ornaments for ₹12.3 lakh and handed over a seized mobile phone to one of the accused,” the inspector claimed. “Five accused, including Raj Kumar, were arrested and remanded. During the investigation, police seized mobile phones and gold and silver ornaments under panchanamas.
The dowry death case was registered on July 30 following a complaint by G Padma, who alleged that her daughter, K Hema, died by suicide due to dowry harassment by her husband, K Raj Kumar, and his family, according to the inspector.