Held for stealing pension money

Vempalle (Kadapa): A man, who is supposed to disburse pension money to the pensioners, has become greedy and hatched a plan to steal the money. However, his plan has boomeranged and he landed in the police net.

Pulivendula DSP Harinathbabu told newsmen here on Friday that Sunil Kumar Reddy, who hails from Veerapunayanipalle in Kadapa district, was working as a coordinator on behalf of a company in Pulivendula mandal. The duty of Sunil Kumar Reddy was to withdraw money from the bank and disburse it to the pensioners in the villages.

It is learnt that he had withdrawn Rs 18 lakh cash from the bank for distribution for December. But he hatched a plan in order to steal the money. Therefore, he kept the cash bag at the residence of one of his friends at Veerapunayanipalle and took another bag and left for his destination. After reaching Vempalle, he lodged a complaint with police stating that he had lost cash in the bus.

Vempalle SIs Hasam and Maru Malleswar Reddy started investigation and grew suspicious on the complainant after searching the bus.

Therefore, they took Sunil into their custody and on interrogation he spilled the beans. Police went to the house where he kept the money and recovered it. The accused was produced before the court which sent him to judicial custody.