Chilkalguda police arrested a habitual thief and recovered an ambulance that was reported as lost from the premises of Gandhi Hospital in the wee hours of Monday.
The complaint was by Lingampally Srinivas, an ambulance driver from Karimnagar, who brought a patient to the emergency ward at the hospital around 2 a.m. on Monday. The ambulance was missing from the place when he returned after admitting the patient 10 minutes later.
The lost vehicle was recovered from Kaki Yadagiri, a labourer from New Bhoiguda. The police said the accused had a history of three similar offences registered in Gandhinagar police limits.
