Overview
- Merugu Sagar was taken into custody by Kukatpally police on Wednesday in connection with thefts from jewellery stores at local shopping malls.
- Police say he posed as a customer, diverted sales staff, and covertly replaced real gold rings with rolled gold imitations concealed in his shirt pocket.
- Offences under probe include visits reported on January 23 at CMR Shopping Mall in AS Raju Nagar and on February 2 at Malabar Gold, with a similar earlier case at CMR Panjagutta.
- Officers recovered three gold rings weighing 10 g, 14 g and 8 g from the accused, according to Deccan Chronicle’s report citing police.
- Separate cases have been registered under BNS Sections 318(2) and 303(2) for the recent incidents, and under Sections 305(a) and 318(4) in the Panjagutta matter, with police linking him to three similar offences.