Constable held for pledging gold, diverting cash seized in dowry death case | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Meerpet police have arrested a constable for allegedly misappropriating gold ornaments seized in a dowry death case.The accused, N Sravan Kumar, was arrested on Oct 28 and remanded to judicial custody the next day. A suo motu case was registered against him on Oct 27 following a complaint by Meerpet inspector B Shobhan.According to the inspector, the dowry death case was registered on July 30 following a complaint by G Padma, who alleged that her daughter, K Hema, died by suicide due to dowry harassment by her husband, K Raj Kumar, and his family.“Five accused, including Raj Kumar, were arrested and remanded. During the investigation, police seized mobile phones and gold and silver ornaments under panchanamas. The seized property was handed over to Sravan on Aug 22 in the presence of the station house officer and sector SI Uma Maheswari,” the inspector stated in his complaint.Police later found that Sravan had allegedly transferred ₹1.7 lakh from Raj Kumar’s bank account using his seized mobile phone to his wife’s and other accounts. “He also allegedly pledged 122 grams of seized gold ornaments for ₹12.3 lakh and handed over a seized mobile phone to one of the accused,” the inspector claimed.A case was registered against Sravan under Sections 316(5) (criminal breach of trust) and 238 (causing disappearance of evidence or giving false information to screen an offender) of the BNS, and Sections 66C and 66D of the Information Technology Act, on Oct 27.