Shankarpally, Aug. 16 -- The Shankarpally Police has arrested two members of a gang involved in a series of thefts targeting locked houses and shutters. The arrests on Sunday, August 16, were made in connection with a theft reported in Elvarthi village under Shankarpally Police Station limits.

At around 10 am, Shankarpally police personnel noticed two persons moving in a suspicious manner near temporary huts on the Rice Mill Road and took them into custody.

During interrogation, the accused, Vishal Bhagwat Shinde and Krishna Dandekar Bhonsle, were identified as residents of Maharashtra. They confessed to committing a theft at a house in Elvarthi village at around 2 am on August 11.

Police recovered Rs 5,000 cash, half a tola of gold, a...