2 WHO STOLE CELLPHONES TRACED, HELD

Two Karnataka natives were arrested by the Chandanagar police for lifting mobilephones from a shop in Chanadanagar.

With the help of International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code of the stolen mobilephones, the cops traced the offenders.

The accused, identified as M. Muneshwar, 19, and S. Sagar,

22, entered an electrical shop which was next to the mobile shop and by using the drilling machine they made a hole in the wall and entered the mobile shop.

They made a recce at the Black and White cellphone shop opposite Geetha theater in Chandanagar a day before theft.

The accused escaped with 56 mobilephones stolen from the shop.

Madhapur deputy commissioner of police A. Venkateshwar Rao said, “They sold some of the phones to customers in Bidar. We took

15 digit unique IMEI code and traced the signal at Bidar. We sent our teams to investigate them and nabbed the culprits.”

Mr Rao said, “The accused are professional offenders. There are many house burglary cases pending against them in Balki and Bidar. We are sending fingerprints of the accused to Forensic department to find out if they are involved in any other cases in Telangana state. We are also planning to invoke PD Act the accused”.

The police have recovered 36 mobilephones and `30,000 cash, all worth `3 lakh from the accused.