Branch manager, her friend among four held for gold theft in finance co. at Kankipadu
The HinduThe Krishna district police unravelled the mystery behind the gold theft that occurred in the Manappuram Finance company’s Kankipadu branch, near here, on October 16. They arrested the branch manager Reddy Venkata Pavani, her friend Revu Durga Prasad, his brother K. Naga Babu and house keeping worker M. Prasanthi, all natives of Krishna district, in the case. Superintendent of Police Palle Joshua told the media here on Friday that Durga Prasad, who runs a junior college at Kruthivennu in Krishna district, befriended Pavani, a widow, as a customer one year ago. Jaya Surya, Central Crime Station DSP Murali Krishna, Kankipadu CI V. Srinivas Rao, and Gudivada Rural CI Yesu Babu, arrested the accused at Neppali village in Krishna district on Friday, and recovered the gold ornaments, ₹10,200 cash, a car and eight cell phones from them.