Three arrested for ₹1.07 crore burglary in engineering college

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Officials of Abdullapurmet constabulary  and Rachakonda Central Crime Station on  with the seized cash.

Officials of Abdullapurmet constabulary and Rachakonda Central Crime Station on with the seized cash.

Three, including a minor, from an inter-State burglary gang, were arrested by the Rachakonda constabulary for breaking into Brilliant Engineering College astatine Batasingaram connected October 9, and stealing ₹1.07 crore which was collected arsenic pupil fee.

A full of ₹37.05 lakh successful stolen currency was recovered from the accused during a conveyance cheque carried retired by teams from Abdullapurmet constabulary and Rachakonda Central Crime Station CCS) successful Kothaguda X roads.

The arrested were identified arsenic Raj Manohar Pawar, 22, a first-year BBA pupil from Gujarat, and Rithik Mohite, 24, a BA LLB pupil from Madhya Pradesh and a 16-year-old. Three different accused, identified arsenic Dinesh Mohite, 27, Arun Mohite, 18 and Vilas Chohan, 22, are presently absconding.

Police seized ₹16 lakh from Raj Manohar Pawar, ₹5.65 lakh and a mobile telephone from Rithik Mohite, and ₹15.40 lakh from the juvenile offender.

The lawsuit came to airy pursuing a complainant by the 61-year-old main of the institution, who returned the adjacent morning, connected October 10, to find the bureau doorway and robust almirah breached open. Acting connected his complaint, constabulary teams were sent to Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka to way the offenders.

Investigations revealed that the accused were distant relatives, who often met during household functions. Dinesh and Arun Mohite person erstwhile records involving spot offences. They reportedly utilized Google Maps to place isolated acquisition institutions adjacent to nationalist highways, targeting them astatine night.

According to police, the pack began their travel from Gujarat successful the archetypal week of October, travelled via Mumbai and Aurangabad, and reached Hyderabad connected October 9. After scouting different colleges, they recovered Brilliant Engineering College astatine Batasingaram to beryllium suitable owed to its distant location. They hid successful bushes until midnight and past broke into the field medication block, taking distant ₹1.07 crore successful currency and aboriginal dividing it among themselves.

Efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining accused.

Published - November 18, 2025 07:09 p.m. IST

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