08-07-2025
Anantapur police arrest inter-State burglar and aide
The Anantapur police on Tuesday arrested one inter-State burglar and a shop owner for purchasing stolen property. The accused were identified as Vicky alias Shameer of Surat in Gujarat and Farooq Khan, owner of Farooq Mobile Shop in Kamala Nagar of the town.
According to the police, Shameer gained entry into houses and stole laptops, mobile phones and jewellery and later sold stolen mobile phones to Farooq. Shameer had fled from his house at an age of six and came to Anantapur town, and was staying at a orphanage in Vijayanagar Colony. He studied till Class IX in Rajendra Municipal School, but after dropping out of school, he started committing property offences.
Police said that the accused gained entry into a house at Vidyut Nagar under Anantapur II Town police limits twice in one week in November last year and stole two gold bangles and cash. Police recovered the two bangles stolen by Shameer. In June, he stole a two-wheeler in the limits of Anantapur I Town limits which was also recovered by the police.
Shameer was involved in the theft of an iPhone and two laptops in Goa in June and they were also recovered. Police have also recovered eight mobile phones and two laptops from him. Police said Farooq Khan purchased four stolen mobile phones from Shameer. The total property recovered from them is worth ₹12 lakh.
