Hyderabad : A 70-year-old habitual offender who targeted houses left locked while family members attended funerals has been arrested by Jadcherla police. He would identify houses where a death had occurred and strike when relatives left for the last rites, stealing gold, silver and other valuables from unattended homes.
Police arrested the accused, Boya Krishnaiah (70), a resident of Nagasala in Jadcherla municipality, after intercepting him while he was moving suspiciously in the town. They recovered 62 grams of gold and 110 tolas of silver from his possession. The investigation began following a burglary reported in Feb this year at a house in Malleboinapally village of Jadcherla mandal.
Police said they had registered cases against Krishnaiah at the Jadcherla, Midjil, Bhoothpur, and Thimmajipet police stations. During the probe, police identified Krishnaiah, a habitual offender, as the person behind the thefts. Police subsequently remanded him to judicial custody.