Prakasam SP V. Harshavardhan Raju displaying cash and gold jewelery recovered from a theft case in Ongole on Wednesday. | Photo credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS
Ongole police on Wednesday arrested two men who allegedly stole a bag containing cash and gold jewelery worth ₹20.30 lakh and recovered the items from them.
The accused have been identified as Hari Om and Vikas, both of Sansi village in Rajgarh district, Madhya Pradesh. Gundavarapu Kishore Kumar’s bag was stolen while he was busy preparing for his daughter’s wedding at Brindavanam Kalyana Mandapam, Ongola, on November 27, 2025 at 10 pm. The bag contained nearly 158 grams of gold jewelery and ₹1.35 lakh in cash.
Under the supervision of Prakasam District Superintendent of Police (SP) V. Harshavardhan Raju and Ongole DSP R. Srinivasa Rao, Ongole Taluka Circle Inspector (CI) T. Vijaya Krishna formed a special team to conduct the investigation.
After investigation from all angles and with the help of technology, the special team members arrested the accused in their native village in Madhya Pradesh. They also recovered cash and jewelery worth ₹20,20,000 from them.
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In another case of theft in Prakasam district, Maddipad police arrested a woman in an auto-rickshaw on the Guntur to Ongole road in Gundlapalli village and recovered gold jewelery worth ₹10,000. The accused has been identified as Thonda Shanti of Gokavaram village in East Godavari district. She was arrested based on a complaint by a 63-year-old woman.
Published – 17 Dec 2025 20:52 IST
