The police have achieved a breakthrough in a pension theft case with the arrest of seven persons and recovery of ₹15.89 lakh from them, at Musunuru village, near Kavali, in SPSR Nellore district, on Wednesday.
Superintendent of Police Ch. Vijaya Rao told reporters that pursuing leads, a team of Nellore Rural police led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (Rural) Harinatha Reddy, arrested the seven suspected offenders who had allegedly decamped with the pension amount of ₹13. 56 lakh drawn from a bank for distribution among beneficiaries by a person working as an education and welfare assistant in Alluru, on May 31. Police also recovered ₹2.33 lakh in cash stolen using the similar modus operandi by the accused within Bitragunta police station limits.
