
Several booked under Preventive Detention Act
The Hindu
Five youths who started off as electrical workers, erected poles and laid cables and wires, and later took to stealing expensive work material, were booked under Preventive Detention Act for habitual
Five youths who started off as electrical workers, erected poles and laid cables and wires, and later took to stealing expensive work material, were booked under Preventive Detention Act for habitual offences.
According to Rachakonda police, Dharavath Suresh, Mudavath Tirupathi, Bhukya Venkatesh, Korra Lokesh and Korra Rakesh, all hailing from Jangaon were involved in a theft last month in Bibinagar police limits. From selling the bulk of aluminium wire bundles, power cables and electric meters, they made about ₹ 8.25 lakh.
Their seven other offences in the year were also at Bhongir, Bommalaramaram and Yadagirigutta police limits.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.