Hyderabad, July 14 -- Three cases of theft were detected in Hyderabad on July 12 and 13, with police recovering cash, gold ornaments, and vehicles from the accused.

On July 12, G Mastan Rao approached the Tolichowki police and lodged a complaint stating that his auto-rickshaw had been stolen from outside his residence in Brindavan Colony. On July 13, during the course of the investigation, while conducting a vehicle check at Shaikpet X Road, an auto-rickshaw driver attempted to evade the police.

The police gave chase and arrested the accused, identified as 19-year-old Hameed Khan, a resident of Parsigutta, Secunderabad. Khan confessed that he had stolen the auto-rickshaw in order to earn money and fund his addictions, including smoking ...