Hyderabad, June 4 -- The Vikarabad police on Thursday, June 4, arrested an interstate thief, Vikas Singh, alias Teja Singh, who reportedly used the proceeds from 27 recent robberies to fund an NGO named "Helping Hands."

District Superintendent of Police (SP) Sneha Mehra, while addressing the media, revealed that Singh, a habitual offender with 34 prior jail terms since the age of 16, was arrested at a local railway station following the theft of gold and cash from a house in Manikanta Nagar last month.

During the recent burglary on May 5, under the Bikarabad police station limits, Singh had escaped with one and a half tolas of gold and Rs 2,10,000 in cash. After a thorough investigation, a special police team, along with the local polic...