Two held in mobile phone theft case, stolen iPhone recovered

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The Musheerabad constabulary connected Sunday arrested 2 persons successful transportation with a mobile telephone theft lawsuit involving cheating and diversion of attention, recovering a stolen Apple iPhone 17 Air from their possession.

An serviceman from the Musheerabad constabulary identified the accused arsenic Mohammed Ikramuddin, 24, manager astatine a spa successful Kokapet, and Sumeet Saini, 38, a businessman from Qutbiguda, Badichowdi, primitively from Sardarshahr successful Rajasthan. Ikramuddin is the main accused, portion Saini was recovered to person purchased the stolen phone.

“Ikramuddin saw an advertisement connected OLX connected October 18 for the merchantability of an Apple iPhone 17 Air and contacted the seller. He invited him to a homestay successful Gandhinagar, wherever helium had rented a country for a day,” said the officer.

However, connected October 27, erstwhile the complainant arrived with his brother, Ikramuddin pretended to beryllium a genuine buyer. “To summation their trust, helium served them brushed drinks and asked them to hold successful a bedroom. He past took the phone, charging cable, and container nether the pretext of showing them to his parent successful the adjacent room. Once outside, helium bolted the doorway from extracurricular and fled with the phone,” explained the officer.

Two days later, helium sold the stolen instrumentality for ₹69,000 and allegedly utilized the wealth to wide his debts.

Police said Ikramuddin had erstwhile offences registered against him, including cases astatine Chevella, Banjara Hills, and Jubilee Hills constabulary stations.

Based connected method grounds and credible information, a squad traced and apprehended Ikramuddin astatine his residence connected November 9. The stolen iPhone was recovered, and Saini was arrested for receiving stolen property.

Published - November 10, 2025 08:19 p.m. IST

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