Hyderabad, Jan. 11 -- An Amberpet police station Sub-Inspector who was suspended for mortgaging seized gold and disposing his service revolver due to gambling addiction, was arrested on Saturday, January 10.

The sub-Inspector, identified as Bhanu Prakash Reddy, was accused of mortgaging five tolas of gold jewellery worth approximately Rs 5 lakh that was seized in a theft case. He was charged with selling or misplacing his service pistol, which has yet to be recovered.

Reddy is a 2020 batch SI, who was serving at the law and order in-charge of Sector-1 at the Amberpet police station.

He had earlier worked as a detective sub-inspector at the same police station in June 2025 when the five-tola gold jewellery was seized. He did not deposit...