PD Act invoked against house burglar

Neredmet: Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat invoked PD Act against an inter-State house burglar on Thursday. The accused identified as Mathura Prasad, a native of Madhya Pradesh, started committing house burglary since 2012 to lead a lavish life.

While he was doing painting works in Gwalior, he befriended with one Bharat Bhushan Bansal. Both hatched a plan of easy earnings by committing house burglaries. So far, the accused committed as many as 29 day and night house burglaries in the limits of various police stations of Rachakonda and Cyberabad Police Commissionerate.

Hayathnagar police arrested the accused Mathura Prasad and his associate Bharath Bhushan Bansal on February 16, 2019. The court remanded them to judicial custody. The accused are lodged in Central Prison, Cherlapally. Another accused Bharath Bhushan Bansal was arrested under PD Act.